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The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, stated that 88 new hospitals would be built in the coastal, central and northern regions of the country, including six regional hospitals and three infectious centres. This is reported by the Air Force Africa with reference to the President's television address. Akufo-Addo stressed that hospitals would be built to strengthen Ghana's health system after the coronavirus outbreak. The president said the pandemic exposed the weakness of Ghana's health care system despite several years of active investment in the sector. Most health facilities in the country are poorly resourced, and many parts of Ghana do not have hospitals at all. According to the World Health Organization, there are currently about 9 hospital beds for every 10,000 Ghanaians. However, critics wonder what means the Government will implement the project. Some Ghanaians also criticize the government for abandoning hospital construction projects started under the previous p

The deterioration of the situation with the spread of the new coronavirus could trigger a sharp increase in the number of hungry people in West Africa to 50 million people, said the coordinator of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), which oversees the region, Kumba Sow, on April 27, reported on the FAO website. Sow said that approximately 11 million people are currently starving in West Africa. She believes that the pandemic could cause food prices to rise, leading to even greater shortages. The Coordinator noted that FAO was going to help farmers affected by the pandemic to provide social protection to the inhabitants of the region. In addition, the organization plans to monitor the smooth operation of markets. According to the news agency, on April 21, David Bizley, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), stated that the world could face mass famine against the background of the coronavirus pandemic if food security measures