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Sponsorship for Akropong Akuapem Demonstration JHS participation in National Bee Spelling Competition

Sponsorship has been obtained for the participation of the Akropong Demonstration JHS in the National Spelling Bee. The school will be represented by two students, Filmora Narkie Narkotey and Kwame Yeboa Agyei Brantuo. This was made possible by a group of Friends; Dr. Stephen Asiedu, an Internist in New York, Nana Addo a Banker in…
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Akropong Akwapim Health Clinic gets shuttle vehicle

The Akropong Akwapim Health Clinic has received a mini van to serve as a shuttle for the staff of the facility. The main aim was to improve the attendance and performance of staff of the Clinic. This was made possible by a Group of Friends spearheaded by Dr. Kwame Aniapam Boafo, a Gynecologist in New…
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The La Constance Center for Global Health Conducts Outreach

The La Constance Center for Global Health Holds a Needs Assessment Forum for all the Midwives in Akwapim District.

Despite progress in childbirth safety, one woman or baby dies every 11 seconds

In a joint appeal for all nations to do more to provide better medical care for all, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) outlined several ways to help protect the 2.8 million pregnant women and newborns who die every year. Their recommendations tackle immediate and underlying problems, such as ensuring…
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6 million children targeted in mass deworming exercise

The Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) programme of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced a nationwide mass drug administration of anti-schistosomiasis (Bilharzia) tablet to deworm school children. The yearly exercise, expected to commence from November 4th – 8th, 2019 in 205 districts, is projected to reach six million children from Kindergarten two (KG2) to Junior…
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One-in-four pregnancies unplanned, two-thirds of women foregoing contraceptives

Around two-thirds of sexually active women surveyed in a new UN study indicated that although they wished to avoid or postpone having children, they had stopped relying on contraception out of concern for how it was affecting their health. As a result, around a quarter of all pregnancies are unplanned.  That’s according to World Health Organization (WHO) findings published…
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