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Make health priority …Journalists told
A Group photograph of journalists and personnel from Pleasant Medical Centre
A Physician Assistant with the Pleasant Medical Centre, Rocky Tettedzie, has advised journalists to consider their health status in their quest to meet deadlines for productions.
He said it was sad that the lifestyle of media personnel impacted negatively on their health.
He said this when he addressed journalists in Tema as a Resource Person at a health screening programme as part of activities organised by the Tema regional branch of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) to mark its 75th anniversary celebration.
Mr Tettedzie said journalists could only be productive if they were in good health, as a result, he urged them to take their health seriously by making a conscious effort to check on their status often.
“Even if you are the busiest person, you should always factor that into your plans for the year. For instance, every six months or at most every year, you must go to the hospital for a checkup,” he advised.
He stated that people had escaped death because of getting themselves frequently screened while others also unfortunately died because their conditions had gotten worse before they went to the hospital.
“Journalists must not wait to feel pain or discomfort before making it to the hospital. In that case, the situation might be going into its full blown stage but make it a constant practice.”
He said sometimes, people fear that if they left their jobs, there would be no one to fill that space but forget that when they pass on, the same work would be done, sometimes without struggle.”
The media personnel were screened for prostate, typhoid, lipid profile, blood sugar, malaria, haemoglobin and blood pressure for free through a collaboration by the GJA and Pleasant Medical Centre, Ashaiman.
They also received talks on preventive health, hypertension, cervical cancer, prostate cancer, diabetes, among others.
The theme for the anniversary is “75 years of excellence in journalism: honouring the past, embracing the present, shaping the future”.
From Dzifa Tetteh Tay, Tema
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UNODC partners GFA Foundation on Prison advocacy and mentorship programme
The GFA Foundation and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have agreed to work together to advocate for anti-discrimination and the elimination of stigmatization for prisoners and prisons.
This partnership was agreed, in principle, during a meeting at the Home of Football (GFA Head Office) between the Director of the GFA Foundation and the UNODC Team led by Mr. Christoph Capelle, an Associate Expert in Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and the Coordinator of the prison and penal reform project in Ghana.
Welcoming the Team to the Home of Football, the Director of the GFA Foundation, Mr. Malcolm Frazier Appeadu briefed the team about the GFA Foundation – Ghana Prisons Project which has covered 6 prisons across the country already.
He indicated that the Foundation is liaising with the Ghana Prisons Service to commence the second and third pillars of the project, which are the coaches and referees training programs as well as the advocacy and mentorship initiatives.
He said that the GFA Foundation will welcome partners for the execution of the second phase of the project which will include Ankaful Maximum Security Prison, Kumasi Central Prison, Sekondi Central Prison and three other prison facilities.
In his response, Mr. Christoph Capelle commended the GFA for the GFA Foundation – Ghana Prisons Project which seeks to use the power of football to promote the wellbeing, reformation, rehabilitation and reintegration of inmates of Ghana’s prisons into society.
Mr. Capelle said that UNODC is looking forward to a collaboration with the GFA Foundation on possible programs for both the medium and long term to support football and sports jobs and skills development in Ghana’s prisons.
He extended an invitation to the GFA Foundation to be part of an assessment of overall prison rehabilitation programmes including the use of sports by their international consultant at the Ankaful Maximum Security Prison.
There will be a football match and donation of footballs, sports items and equipment to the prison facility.
Present at the meeting were Mr. Kwame Koramoah, an officer at the GFA Foundation and Integrity Office, Helena Adobea Ofori, Associate Programme Officer, UNODC and Caleb Elorm Agodzo, Administrative Officer, UNODC.
It will be recalled that in 2020, The UNODC and FIFA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to tackle corruption and crime in and through sports and pledged to consider ways in which football can be used as a vehicle to strengthen youth resilience to crime and substance use through the provision of life skills training.
The MOU was renewed last year by FIFA President Gianni Infantino and UNODC Executive Director Ghada Waly in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
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Gomoa West: NPP, NDC supporters clash over commissioning of DRIP equipment
Supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Monday morning clashed over the commissioning of machinery for the District Road Infrastructure Project in the Gomoa West District of the Central Region.
According to Citi News sources, the conflict began when NDC supporters questioned the decision to display images of Bismark Basie Nkum, the NPP’s Gomoa West parliamentary candidate on the DRIP machinery.
This disagreement quickly escalated, almost leading to a physical altercation between the two groups.
Baisie Nkum, who doubles as the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Gomoa West, further claimed that the Member of Parliament for the area, Richard Gyan Mensah, brandished a pistol and issued threats against the NPP’s local leadership.
A viral video circulating on social media captured the DCE accusing MP Richard Gyan Mensah of pulling out a gun and threatening NPP supporters during the heated incident.
Source: Citinewsroom.com
