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Rabies Virus: 16 death recorded and 13,378 dog bites reported to health facilities between 2018-2023 in the Upper East Region

According to the report, it is estimated that rabies is responsible for 59,000 agonizing human deaths every year – with most of those people living in poor rural communities in Africa and Asia. 40% of these deaths happen in children below the age of 15 years. The report above clearly shows that the Upper East region is not exempted from the negative effects that come with the rabies virus in the country. Sadly, rabies is one of the common viruses neglected mostly by the general public, Rabies is transmitted when an infected animal bites or scratches another animal, and the saliva of the infected animal enters a break in the skin (like a wound or cut), Rabies can also enter an animal’s body through the mouth, eyes, or nose and this can happen when an animal with rabies licks another animal’s face or skin. Signs and Symptoms of Rabies in Human: The period the rabies virus enters a person’s body to the time the person starts to show signs and symptoms of rabies ranges from a few days to one year. “Depending on the site of the bite, the length of time it takes for signs and symptoms to show are different for each person. The closer the site is to the brain/head, the shorter the time it takes for signs and symptoms to show Once the signs and symptoms of rabies begin to show, the person will die within a few days”. Meanwhile, In the Upper East Region, 16 deaths have been recorded between 2018 and 2023, as a result, 13,378 dog bites were reported to health facilities for help. However, it doesn’t also mean that the cases reported to health facilities for help ended up concluded as dog bites by these facilities in the region. Below are tips to prevent dog bites Avoid disturbing dogs or any other animal, especially when they are sleeping, eating, or with their young ones Dogs may bite when they are surprised, or afraid Take your time when passing or entering a place where a dog lives Avoid playing, touching, or getting close to stray dogs and animals that you do not know, even if they look friendly Stay away from any dog and other animals that is acting strangely or that looks sick. However, members of the general public have been advised to vaccinate their dogs regularly and as well report any dog bite to the nearest health facility. The revelation was made during a media engagement forum organized by USAID Breakthrough in partnership with the Upper East Regional Directorate of Ghana Health Service. Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com

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Two lynched over accusation of alleged witchcraft

The persons accused of witchcraft have been lynched at Zakpalsi community in theMion District in the Northern Region A 40 year old mother of seven and Mba Cherefo are said to have been accused of being behind the illness of a woman in the community after her family seeks some interpretation from a soothsayer. Angry youth in the community on Sunday reportedly attacked Safura at her residence, after noticing danger she ran for her life seeking refuge at the chief’s palace, but unfortunately was conquered and lynched in the process, Apexnewsgh gathered. Subsequently, the youth pursued Cherefo and reportedly killed him at his residence. The police has initiated investigations into the matter. The Regional Re-integration Committee of Alleged Witches has condemned the incident and called for swift investigation to bring the perpetrators to book and give justice to the victims and their families. The Executive Director of Songtaba, Lamnatu Adams who spoke on behalf of the committee, said the incident was a clear case of murder, hence there must not be any interference in the police investigations. While urging the public to desist from taking the law into their hands and attacking accused persons, she called on Parliament to hasten the passage of the Anti-witchcraft bill into law to criminalize witchcraft accusations and attacks. There are rampant cases of people being accused of witchcraft in the Northern Region and that has often led to violent attacks on the victims and the burning down of their homes by their accusers, who are mostly the youth. While most victims of such accusations are often chased out of their communities to seek refuge in the various witches camps, others are sometimes physically attacked and lynched. In July 2020, a 90-year-old woman, Akua Dentah was lynched on accusations that she was a witch at Kafaba in the East Gonja Municipality in the Savannah Region. The Parliament of Ghana is working to pass an Anti-Witchcraft Bill into law to criminalise witchcraft and other related offences. A pre-stakeholder engagement on the bill started in Accra last month as part of efforts to build support for the passage of the bill by Parliament. The proposed Witchcraft Bill includes the prohibition of professional witchcraft or wizardry, prohibition against the accusation of witchcraft, participation in the declaration of a person as a witch or wizard, and a penalty against the chief or headman encouraging witchcraft. Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com

Health, Opinion, Politics

John Mahama mocks NHIS says, in Akufo-Addo Administration patients are denied paracetamol—John Dramani

Former President John Dramani Mahama has said, National Health Insurance card holders are denied common medicines at various hospitals across the country. The former President made the pronouncement in the Upper East Region during his two days official tour to meet with party delegates ahead of the upcoming Parliamentary primaries on May 13. Addressing delegates, the former President said: “As for National Health Insurance we don’t talk at all. It is simply not working and that is because the government is not refunding the claims of the hospital facilities after they have treated National Health Insurance holders. In our time, you could go with your National Health Insurance Card and you will be looked after, you go to the dispensary cough mixture, they will give you paracetamol, and they will give antibiotics. Today, if you go to the hospital after the look of things, you won’t get even paracetamol. You have to go and buy from the drug store, so NDC is coming to restore the National Health Insurance. We will make sure that the levy we collect goes to the purpose for which it will be used”. According to Mr. Mahama, what this government has done is that they have capped the National Health Insurance and so, when the money comes, they take some of it and for them to release it they won’t release it. For the last year or so they have not released any money to the National Health Insurance and so, we don’t what kind of government this is? He asked Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com

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Over 1500 Physician Assistants would have left Ghana, but for the care and love for the people of Ghana none of them have left–PRO

The National Public Relations Officer for Physician Assistants Mohammed Ali Aminu has said their only crime is asking the government to employ them to serve Ghanaians. Mr. Aminu who was speaking to DreamzFm a radio station in Bolgatanga monitored by Apexnewsgh.com said, they are looking at getting a quality health service to the rural areas just like is in abundance in the urban areas. “We all know in the cities, they don’t lack us. In the rural areas other workers when you post them there, is they won’t go. But for now, as we sit, the health centers, polyclinic, and even the district hospital in the consulting room those who perform the duties there are physician assistants and as we speak, we lack them”. “We are telling the government that, the health centers that are running with one physician assistant who doubles as the head of other administrative public health work is not proper, that compromised the quality we are looking for” He stressed There are some other health facilities without physician assistants at all, so, we are saying Ghanaians deserve better. “Physician assistants, formerly we are called medical assistants, in fact, a lot of people call us doctors. We don’t see any difference between us and the doctors, unless doctors went into the theater, cut, and remove the babies other than that, you won’t see the difference between us”. Meanwhile, asking whether members of Physician Assistants of Ghana have started leaving the country as a result of hardship and unemployment. The PRO said, the Physician Assistant has been so caring and loving to Ghanaians. “As we speak, others are leaving the country because of conditions of service. But we the physician assistant, everybody is here ready to die for Ghana, ready to serve our country”. He said He said, over 1500 Physicians would have left Ghana like others are doing, and imagine if we have left, what will become of Ghanaians? Now we are saying we love our country, we want to serve our country employ us and you want to arrest us for praying to you to get us a job, who does that? Seven members of a group of physician assistants who were picketing over their delayed postings were picked up by the police and was taken to the Regional Police Command for breaching an earlier agreement over their mode of picketing. Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com

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Just In: NDC lost another known personality

Epsona Ayamga, a former Bolgatanga Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) is dead. He died at age 77 The former MCE according to information available to this platform died at the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital on Thursday, April 13, 2023, a place he was undergoing some medical treatment. He was appointed to serve under the late former President Evans Atta Mills as Bolgatanga MCE. However, one thing that is still alive in the memory of party members and the people of Bolgatanga Municipal was how he was removed from office as MCE without the notice of the then-late President Evans Atta Mills, the man who appointed him. However, information out there has it that a powerful man within the office of the President performed the magic. Aside from being a politician, Mr. Epsona Ayamga is a medical doctor. He owns Asankunde Clinic at Soe a community under Bolgatanga Municipal. Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com

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Breaking News: NDC has lost an illustrious Treasurer

Members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Upper East Region have received one of the most shocking death news in the Upper East NDC Party hierarchy since the beginning of the year. The Death of the Upper East Regional Treasurer of the opposition NDC Mr. Castro Adagewine is one that has shocked friends and party members in the region. As of Easter Monday, Mr. Adagewine was seen happily and actively going about his normal duties without any issues but unfortunately had an accident on the night of that same Monday, April 10, 2023. Mr. Castro before his death is the owner of the most popular ‘TRAVELERS INN’ where most travelers and people within Bolgatanga the regional capital go for morning breakfast. Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com

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Ghana and 53 other countries on red list for health workers’ recruitment in UK

The United Kingdom has included Ghana, and among 54 countries that should not be considered for recruitment by health and social care employers. UK government made the announcement in its revised code of practice for international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, which was published on the NHS Employers website. The code states that some developing countries, such as Ghana, should not be targeted when actively recruiting health or care professionals. The countries placed on the red list of ‘No active recruitment’ under the code are Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Liberia. Other countries are Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Federated States of Micronesia, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, United Republic of Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Republic of Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Titled: “Code of Practice red and amber list of countries,” the UK Government said the list is based upon the World Health Organisation Workforce Support and Safeguard List, 2023 and will be updated alongside progress reports on WHO Global Code implementation and reported to the World Health Assembly every three years. The countries listed have a UHC Service Coverage Index that is lower than 50 and a density of doctors, nurses and midwives that is below the global median (48.6 per 10,000 population). The code applies to the appointment of all international health and social care personnel in the UK, including all permanent, temporary, and locum staff in clinical and non-clinical settings. The code stated that being on the list doesn’t prevent individual health and social care personnel from independently applying to health and social care employers for employment in the UK, of their own accord and without being targeted by a third party, such as a recruitment agency or employer (known as a direct application). It defined active international recruitment in the code as the process by which UK health and social care employers (including local authorities), contracting bodies, recruitment organisations, agencies, collaborations, and sub-contractors target individuals to market UK employment opportunities, with the intention of recruiting to a role in the UK health or social care sector. It includes both physical or virtual targeting, and whether or not these actions lead to substantive employment. This includes but is not limited to allied health professionals, care workers, dentists, doctors, healthcare scientists, medical staff, midwives, nursing staff, residential and domiciliary care workers, social workers, and support staff. It will be recalled that in March this year, the WHO included Ghana and 54 other countries on its Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List 2023. The global health body stated that the countries face the most pressing health workforce challenges related to universal health coverage. “In particular, these countries have: 1) a density of doctors, nurses and midwives below the global median (i.e., 49 per 10 000 population); and 2) a universal health coverage service coverage index below a certain threshold,” WHO said in the report released March 8. “To account for the disruptions caused to health services by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the effects on health worker mobility and migration, the threshold for the universal health coverage service coverage index for the WHO health workforce support and safeguards list 2023 has been increased from 50 (the value used for the 2020 list) to 55.” A total of 37 countries were listed under the African Region category, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Gabon. Others were Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Togo, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.” Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 0256336062

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CWSA adopts new management model for optimum service deliver:official

The Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) has adopted a new management model to enhance its overall performance in the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) sector, an official has disclosed. Bright Obeng, Chief Hydrologist of CWSA in the Upper East region, disclosed this in a presentation during the three-day Annual Review Meeting of WaterAid Ghana in Bolgatanga. Mr. Obeng said CWSA had adopted the professionalised model of management, appointing persons from various professional backgrounds into a management body to manage CWSA’s community water systems. The chief hydrologist said the new model has been adopted due to certain weaknesses in the previous National Community Water Sanitation Programme (NCWSP) used since the establishment of the agency in 1998. Under this former model, water management bodies comprised members drawn from the community to ensure community ownership. Obeng explained that the community members usually lacked the capacity to manage increasingly complex systems, and so were unable to generate the required revenue from water users and also unable to address prevailing water quality challenges identified in the water systems. “This has resulted in facility breakdowns as population growth outstripped investments in water supply infrastructure, rapid decline in donor funding, high non-revenue water, and high accumulated electricity bills,” he stated. The official added, “From March 2017, CWSA, under its ongoing reforms, found it compelling to participate in the management of water systems it provides to communities.” “Under this reform, CWSA will directly engage professionals with diversified background to manage the piped water systems under its supervision,” he said. For effective management of water systems under its supervision, CWSA will engage a maximum of six persons for each water system through an interview selection process under the leadership of the CWSA Head Office. These include a Water System Manager, Engineer(s), Community Relations Officer(s), Accounts Officer, Revenue Collector(s), and Water Safety Specialists. A few auxiliary (supporting) workers, such as cleaners, security officers, plumbers and water vendors are also recruited from the community to assist the core staff in the discharge of their duties. “The Professionalized Management Model is a preferred option if Ghana wants to achieve the SDG 6,” said Obeng.

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RNMA demand the release of financial clearance

The Rotational Nurses and Midwives Association (RNMA) in Ghana has petition the Speaker of Parliament, Algban Bagbin, to ask on the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, to release the financial clearance to the Ministry of Health for the payment of the eight months’ allowances of its qualified members. Rotational Nurses and Midwives are newly qualified health professionals who are obliged do a mandatory one-year national service within the various hospitals across the country. The Rotational Nurses and Midwives number about 10,957 currently. According to the Association, they have not been paid in the last eight months. In a letter dated Tuesday, 14 March 2023, addressed to the Speaker of Parliament, the RNMA noted that the National Executive Council of the Association had followed due protocols by serving the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Finance letters and have made several follow-ups on the letters served. The Association further noted that both Ministries had failed to address the needs of Rotational Nurses and Midwives. “We understand we have to undergo certain processes before our payment is done but we are just left with barely ninety (90) days to complete the service and as we speak, none of these processes have begun nationwide. So it means payment is not even due in the next month or two,” the letter indicated. They stressed that all efforts to get in touch with the Ministry of Health for the past two months have yielded no results. The association, therefore, pleaded with the Speaker of Parliament to intervene. Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stepehen/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com

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SAD NEWS: Talensi NPP officially announces the demise of Dr. Naabil

The leadership of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Talensi District has officially announced the sudden demise of their illustrious son and active party member Dr. Edward Naabil. The party leadership in the Talensi Constituency described his death as a great loss to the people of Talensi, Upper-East Region and mother Ghana. They added: “He will be greatly remembered”. According the party , “His last public political appearance at the Talensi constituency was on 26th February, 2023 during the party Reconciliation Meeting at Tongo. He was full of life and his message centered on peace, unity and the need to build consensus as a way of winning the Talensi Seat in 2024”. 9th March, 2023 Press Release ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SUDDEN DEMISE OF DR EDWARD NAABIL, NPP UPPER-EAST REGIONAL RESEARCH/ELECTIONS OFFICER With a heavy heart, we write to formally confirm the sudden demise of Dr. Edward Naabil at the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital after a short illness. He was admitted on Tuesday 7th March, 2023 for treatment. However, on Wednesday 8th March 2023, he met his untimely death while efforts were made to refer him to the Tamale Teaching Hospital for further management. Until his demise, the late Dr. Edward Naabil was the NPP Upper-East Regional Research/Elections Officer and a Senior lecturer at the Bolgatanga Technical University. The late Dr. Edward Naabil has been an integral member of the NPP since the 2000s. He played various roles starting from the Yameriga Electoral Area, the Talensi constituency, TESCON and at the Regional level. He has been a Constituency Campaign Team member since 2012. The late Dr. Edward Naabil celebrated his birthday on 18th February, 2023, exactly 18 days before his untimely demise. His birthday was widely celebrated by people across the region and beyond. His last public political appearance at the Talensi constituency was on 26th February, 2023 during the party Reconciliation Meeting at Tongo. He was full of life and his message centered on peace, unity and the need to build consensus as a way of winning the Talensi Seat in 2024. The people of Talensi constituency therefore received the sad news of his untimely demise with shock and disbelieve. We express our deepest heartfelt condolences to the family especially the wife, children and parents, the NPP family, his friends and love ones. Mr. Maxwell Mansoba Naab, the Talensi Constituency Chairman of the NPP has directed that all party flags at the Constituency, Electoral Area and Polling Station offices be flown at half-mast. Burial and funeral arrangements will be communicated in due course. The demise of Dr. Edward Naabil is a great lost to the people of Talensi, Upper-East Region and mother Ghana. He will be greatly remembered. ……signed……… Hon. Simon Zaamaare Tengbil (Secretary, Talensi Constituency) Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com

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Rabies Virus: 16 death recorded and 13,378 dog bites reported to health facilities between 2018-2023 in the Upper East Region

Two lynched over accusation of alleged witchcraft

John Mahama mocks NHIS says, in Akufo-Addo Administration patients are denied paracetamol—John Dramani

Over 1500 Physician Assistants would have left Ghana, but for the care and love for the people of Ghana none of them have left–PRO

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Breaking News: NDC has lost an illustrious Treasurer

Ghana and 53 other countries on red list for health workers’ recruitment in UK

CWSA adopts new management model for optimum service deliver:official

RNMA demand the release of financial clearance

SAD NEWS: Talensi NPP officially announces the demise of Dr. Naabil

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