In a world where the very air we breathe is threatened, we embark on a journey to uncover the hidden truths about air pollution. Welcome to Clean Air Report Ghana, a program where we discuss Ghana’s growing air quality crisis and how it affects every aspect of our lives and our planet.
The program is a collaboration between Joy News, New Narratives and leading Ghanaian newsmedia. The host is Michael Asharley.
Can Food Help Fight the Health Effects of Air Pollution?
For thousands of street vendors in Accra, escaping polluted air is almost impossible. But could something as simple as the food they eat help their bodies cope with some of its effects? In this episode researcher Kelvin Yeboah talks about a study that followed more than 300 street vendors exposed to high levels of PM2.5 and tested whether everyday foods including oranges, peanuts, eggs, sardines and sunflower oil could help reduce some of the health effects associated with prolonged exposure ...
4 Sept 2026
The AirQo Story: From One Sensor to an African Air Quality Network
Almost a decade ago, researchers at Makerere University in Uganda set out to answer a simple question: could Africa build its own technology to measure the air Africans breathe? In this episode of Clean Air Report Ghana, host Michael Asharley speaks with Professor Engineer Bainomugisha, Professor of Computer Science at Makerere University and Project Lead at AirQo, about how a small research project grew into an air-quality monitoring network spanning cities across Africa. He recounts the yea...
3 Sept 2026
Fighting Fires, Fighting for Breath
Ghana’s firefighters run towards burning buildings to save lives and property. But years of breathing toxic smoke may be putting their own lives at risk. In this episode of Clean Air Report Ghana, journalist and host Michael Asharley investigates the largely unseen health risks facing firefighters, from repeated exposure to dangerous air pollution to shortages of protective equipment and breathing apparatus, limited health screening and inadequate insurance. Firefighters recount their e...
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