Wear me because I am the most important commodity in the world in recent times who can save lives. I became essential commodity before and after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global health emergency (COVID-19) on January, 30th, 2020. Face mask as my name, had higher price of 166% than the 90-day average …
Category Archives: Health is life
LIFTING OF PARTIAL LOCKDOWN, A PREMATURE EJACULATION?
Background His Excellency, Nana Akufo-Addo, The President of Ghana addressed the nation on a televised broadcast on Friday night, 27/03/2020 on the update of coronavirus pandemic in Ghana. During his (President) speech, he declared partial lockdown in the hotspot areas such as Greater Accra, Greater Kumasi and Kasoa under the Imposition of Restrictions Act, 2020 …
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The fate of Persons Living With Mental Illness In The Lockdown Cities In The Era of Covid-19.
Story By Malcolm A. Ali on April 12,2020. RMN (Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital)chibaronet@gmail.com The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that persons with mild symptoms of COVID-19 should be managed at home. Such persons, according to WHOs prescription, must constantly keep in touch with health care professionals. This recommendation certainly cannot apply to psychiatric patients here …
GHANA’S COVID19 TEST RESULTS AND MATTERS ARISING.
As the world battles with Covid-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) strongly suggested that all countries take bold initiatives to “test, test and test” to identify cases. This call by the WHO was based of the fact that an effective way of controlling infectious diseases is to identify the reservoir host and isolate them from …
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MY COUNTRY AT BIOLOGICAL WAR: THE ENEMY!
Huuuuuuuu……….., our biggest biological enemy is coronavirus, tormenting our lives, making us uncomfortable, restricting our physical socialisation, preventing us from going to church/mosque to worship, even leading to partial or total lockdown in most affected countries. This tells us how strong this biological enemy is! Please, to all people out there, you only live once …
LET SAVE OUR MIND TO BOOST OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM TO FIGHT COVID-19.
For physical practices such as regular hand washing with soap under running water, use of 60% or more alcohol-based hand sanitizers when water and soap are not available, sanitizing our door handles, electrical gadgets and others, adequate rest and sleep, more fruits and vegetables in take, taking adequate water, coughing or sneezing into tissue or …
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3Ps TO CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
Time for action and calm to fight this disease. Let adhere strictly to the following to protect ourselves, protect our family and protect the community at large. There is hope if we do all the below. Thank you. Protect yourself first by doing the following; 1.Wash your hands frequently with soap under running water. 2. …
MENINGITIS ALERT!
Cited in GBC news channel yesterday (24/02/2020), both evening (7pm) and late news (10pm) was 30 cases of meningitis recorded, 4 deaths in the Central region, specifically Assin, Ghana, which was confirmed by Dr. Godfred Sarpong, The Director of Public Health, Central Region according to GBC news. Meningitis is the inflammation (swelling) of the meninges …
EAT FOR LIFE.
According to Brookie et al, 2018, “raw fruits and vegetables intake but not processed significantly have higher mental health outcomes such as reduced depression, higher positive mood, life satisfaction and flourishing”. This indicates that the intake of raw fruits and vegetables gives much micronutrients than the processed ones. Approximately, 2.7million lives could potentially be saved …
THE LASSA FEVER.
INTRODUCTION. Everyday, every time, there are emerging public health diseases across the world but what we need to know is to have in mind that the micro organisms which we cannot see with our naked eyes are with us in our environment. What is most important is to become health conscious all the time irrespective …
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