Karyn Ewurama Quansah, Regina Ama Banu, Ayesha Algade Amadu, Lady Boamah Adomako, Mark Osa AkrongMost of us never think about what happens after we flush. The water disappears, and life moves on. But it...
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October 13, 2026
Protecting the Volta River System: The Water Quality and Socio-Economic Impact of Illegal Mining
Zita Naangmenyele Abuntori; Prosper Bazaanah; Chrysogonus Anab; Emmanuel Tetteh-Doku Mensah; Gerard Quarcoo; Emmanuel M. Obeng Bekoe; Eugene Sintim Gyabaah; Millicent Ewurama Adu-Boakye; Abdul-Latif Salifu; and Yaa Agadzi AsabeaIllegal mining, popularly known as ‘galamsey’, is...
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October 5, 2026
Silent Killers: Why Resistant Infections in Ghana’s Elderly Care Homes Matter to Everyone
Dr. Edward J. Tettevi, Joel Otchere-Baffour, Emmanuel Odartei ArmahAdapted from the 2026 Mid-Year Review presentation by Mr. Emmanuel Odartei Armah, ARS (BPHRU/CSIR-WRI)Imagine this: Your 78-year-old mother has become a resident at a care home...
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September 30, 2026
CSIR-WRI–Kantanka Consortium Secures €125,000 PharmaVax Ghana Grant to Advance Medicinal Plant Research for Liver Health
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research–Water Research Institute (CSIR-WRI), in partnership with Kantanka Herbal Pharmaceuticals and Research Centre, has secured a €125,000 grant under the PharmaVax Ghana Programme to strengthen the scientific evidence...
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September 30, 2026
CSIR-WRI Engages FHI 360 STRIDES Project Team on Strengthening Infectious Disease Detection in Ghana
Accra, Ghana | 25 September 2026The CSIR–Water Research Institute (CSIR-WRI) welcomed the FHI 360 STRIDES (Strengthening Infectious Disease Detection Systems) Project team during a stakeholder engagement visit to the Institute on 25 September 2026.Following...
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September 29, 2026
Can Ghana Heal Her Waters? What the CSIR-Water Research Institute is Telling Us
By: Bismark Awinbire Akurugu, Saada Mohammed, Jacob Agyekum, Franklin Obiri-NyarkoAt the Mid-Year Review, held alongside the 30th anniversary celebration of the CSIR-Water Research Institute (CSIR-WRI), the Institute organised a series of presentations to disseminate...
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September 29, 2026
Unlocking Ghana’s Food Future: How Integrated Fish and Crop Farming Can Feed the Nation and Empower the Youth
Adelina Akuamoah-Boateng, Dr. Rhoda Lims Diyie, Ing. Frank Teye Oblim, Dr. Seth Koranteng AgyakwahGhana faces a growing gap between the food needed and food produced as the population keeps growing. Fish remains a cornerstone...
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September 23, 2026
Water-Energy-Food-Environment Stakeholder-led Assessment And Planning For Ghana
Sylvester Afram Boadi, Frank Teye Oblim and Emmanuel Obuobie Stakeholder consultations and participation in development infrastructure are regarded, globally, as key sustainability mechanisms. This is because when people participate in the planning of issues...
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September 23, 2026
Polluted Plates: How Microplastics Enter the Ghanaian Diet
By: Saada Mohammed, Humphrey Darko, and Pennante Naa Ayikailey Bruce-Vanderpuije As part of the 2026 Mid-Year Review and the 30th Anniversary Celebrations of the CSIR-Water Research Institute (CSIR-WRI), findings from recent studies on microplastic...
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June 16, 2026
Illegal dumpsite washed into Weija Lake after floods, raising public health fears.
Mr. David Andoh (Joy FM) interviews Dr. Pennante Naa Ayikailey Bruce-Vanderpuije, Senior Research Scientist, Water Research InstituteA part of an unauthorised refuse landfill site, believed to contain an uncontrolled mix of municipal, industrial, and...