Builsa north district records its first confirmed covid-19 case.

The Builsa North District of the Upper East Region has recorded its first confirmed covid-19 case since the outbreak of the pandemic.

The District Chief Executive of Builsa North Hon David Amoabil Afoko confirming the news to Derrick Abakisi at his office on Friday 10th July 10, 2020 advised residents of the District to strictly adhere to safety protocols set aside by the Ghana Health Service aimed at preventing the disease.

The said client according to the DCE travelled from Manpongteng in the Ashanti Region and was seeking health care from a herbalist in Wiaga a Suberb of the District capital. She was suspected of having the disease where samples were taken by the District COVID-19 response team while at home and the results came out positive.

The client and all her relatives according to the DCE are currently being cared for at home and all her contacts being traced.

The DCE appealed to all residents to stay calm as the Ghana Health Service in the District are up to the task at ensuring the disease is contained.

On the wearing of Facemask, the DCE said the police will soon clamp down on persons who refuse to put on facemasks as it has now become a law for every citizen of Ghana to wear face mask when leaving their homes.

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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S HOPE CENTER DONATES TO EXPECTANT TEENAGE MOTHERS AND THREE HEALTH FACILITIES IN BUILSA NORTH.

Mad. Comfort Awonalim in white facemask Receiving Items on behalf of DDGHS

International women’s hope center a non-governmental organisation operating in the Upper East Region in the area of Youth Personal development, Sexual integrity, Social Skills and mentoring of young girls have donated 120 twenty baby items and liquid Soap as well as reusable facemask to expectant teenage mothers and three Health facilities in the Builsa North District of the Upper East Region.

Expectant Teenage Mothers Being Address by Director of IWHC.

Madam Gladys Anayem the Director of International women’s hope center in handing over the items at separate functions in Chuchuliga, Sandema and Siniensi all in the Builsa North District of the Upper East Region thanked Madam Gladys Adochim through whose initiative the organisation was setup and have been operating in the Upper East Regional Capital Bolgatanga for the past three years.

Cross section of  Teenage mothers 

She Said the donation forms part of the organisation’s contribution to supporting teenage mothers and maternity wards that cater for these expectant mothers.

She praised the teenage expectant mothers for keeping their pregnancies and did not abort them as the international women’s hope center frowns on abortion and children are gift from God.

She encouraged the young teenagers to go back to school to continue their education or either learn a trade after they deliver.

Madam Gladys Anayem Addressing

Expectant Teenage Mothers

Madam Comfort Awonalim Amoak the Builsa North District acting public Health Nurse who received the items on behalf of the District Director of the Ghana Health service thanked the organisation for coming to the aid of expectant teenage mothers and encouraged them not to let their pregnancies be an obstacle to their education and success in life, it should rather be a motivation to strive to achieve all that they intend to pursue or achieve in life.

Madam Comfort Awonalim Taking a look at a Sample of the items donated.

One of the beneficiaries Madam Akoalimalie Akanfenab who could not hide her joy and words of encouragement from the Director of the international Women’s hope center, on behalf of  the expectant teenage mothers expressed gratitude to the organisation for the their words of encouragement and support saying “ you have really brought us hope with your words of encouragement at a time that even our own family members lost hope in us due to our mistake of getting pregnant at an early age, may God bless you to continue touching life’s and giving hope to girls who have found themselves in our shoes”.

Expectant Teenage Mothers Receiving their Donations. 

The items donated include, baby outfits, diapers, detergents, baby powders, napkins, baby soap, baby foot wears, maternity dresses, Cloth among others which were distributed to all the expectant mothers the organisation also handed over nineteen(19) 4.5 litres of liquid soap,eighteen (18) 500ml liquid soap and eighteen(18) reusable facemask to Midwives at the various facilities visited. 

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President Akufo Addo goes into self isolation.

The President, Nana Akufo-Addo is on a 14-day self-isolation after getting exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.

This was contained in a statement dated July 4, 2020, and signed by the Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah.

“On the advice of doctors, the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is from today, July 4, 2020, taking a fourteen (14) day precautionary self-isolation measure in compliance with COVID-19 protocols,” the statement added.

The statement noted that “the President has elected to do so after at least one person within his close circle tested positive for COVID-19 today.”

The statement said, although President Akufo-Addo has tested negative for the virus, he has still decided to self-isolate “out of the abundance of caution.”

The President will during this precautionary self-isolation period, be working from the Presidential
Villa at the Jubilee House, Accra,” the statement added.

A number of government appointees have tested positive for COVID-19 within the last few weeks.

A Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Carlos Ahenkorah who also tested positive for the virus resigned because he visited a voter registration centre, contrary to advice by his doctor to self-isolate.

SANDEMA HOSPITAL APPEALS FOR PPE'S TO HELP FIGHT COVID-19.

Sandema (U/E), July 3, GNA – The Sandema District Hospital in the Builsa North District of the Upper East Region is appealing to individuals, philanthropists and organisations to support the facility with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), to protect health professionals in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

Even though the District has not recorded any case of the virus, management of the facility deems it necessary to protect its staff, especially nurses and midwives who are critical front liners in the fight against the virus, by reducing Out-Patient attendance to curb any possible spread of the virus among staff.

Mr Prosper Asandem, the Health Service Administrator of the Hospital, made the appeal in an interview with the Ghana News Agency during a brief ceremony to present medical and non-medical consumables to the hospital by Mrs Agnes Asangalisa Chigabatia, a former Member of Parliament (MP) for the area.

The hospital received its share of 100 pieces of disposable face masks, 200 pieces of examination gloves, ‘Veronica Buckets,’ two gallons of liquid soap, four rolls of tissue papers and 50 pieces of reusable face masks from part of the items which would also be shared among other health facilities, religious groups and schools across the District.

The Administrator acknowledged the support of government in the fight against the virus as the facility equally received some items from government, to support service delivery in the era of the pandemic.

He said some organisations and individuals have also donated PPE to the facility in the past months, “We continue to plead with generous members of the public and citizens to donate more to protect our staff and patients so that we do not record any case.”

He said, “Ever since the pandemic started, our people have been very helpful to us as a district hospital, a number of them visited us and gave us some protective items”.

Mr Asandem attributed the success of the District in the fight against the virus to hard work and vigilance of staff and other stakeholders in the area, saying, “Our partners are actually more serious than we think, by supporting us with the PPE that are necessary for us to protect ourselves.”

Mr Asandem expressed gratitude to the former MP for the support saying, “We are grateful to the former Member of Parliament for a gesture like this”.

Mrs Chigabatia, who is also a former Upper East Deputy Regional Minister, said the gesture was devoid of politics and only a demonstration of love to her people as a mother.

“When the people understand that it is pure love you have for them, then we can come back to the drawing table and talk politics.”

Credit-Godfred A Pulkuu-GNA

Former NPP General Secretary Sir John is Dead.

Information Reaching Noiyeng Radio has it that, Former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly known as Sir John, is dead. He is reported to have died in Accra after a short illness. Until his death, Sir John was the CEO of the Forestry Commission.