{
  "id": 3471741,
  "title": "Stay away from galamsey areas – GHAFTRAM advises members",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/stay-away-from-galamsey-areas-ghaftram-advises-members",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-26T09:04:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/stay-away-from-galamsey-areas-ghaftram-advises-members/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Ghana Federation of Traditional Medicine Practitioners Associations (GHAFTRAM) has advised its members to refrain from cultivating medicinal plants in areas heavily impacted by illegal mining, known as galamsey. General Secretary, Nana Kwadwo Obiri, explained that this precautionary measure is necessary due to the potential contamination of plants in such regions, which could pose risks to both practitioners and their clients. The Federation has identified about 40 percent of previously cultivated areas as unsafe, urging practitioners to focus on safer locations, particularly in the northern regions such as the North East, Oti, and Savannah areas. GHAFTRAM emphasizes the need for collective action to combat illegal mining, warning of its detrimental effects on environmental health and national security.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "Galamsey making it difficult to find medicinal plants – GHAFTRAM",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/galamsey-making-it-difficult-to-find-medicinal-plants-ghaftram",
        "published": "2026-08-26T09:04:29.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}