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Stakeholders urged to support digital communication to address malnutrition challenges

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Professor Robert Darko Osei, the Research Project Lead of Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) has urged stakeholders to support digital communication technologies to address malnutrition in the rural areas.

He said there was a huge gain and potentials in using digital communication to effect changes in nutrition behaviour among poor households.

Professor Osei said this during a stakeholders engagement workshop on findings of a three-year research project in four Northern Regions titled: ” Using Digital Communication to Reinforce Nutrition and Household Resilience in Northern Ghana”.

The workshop educated on findings of the research aimed to assess whether digital communication can be deployed for rural education on nutrition and health and its impact on household behaviours.

This research project led by the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) at the University of Ghana, Legon, is part of USAID funded collaborative research grant programme between Feed the future innovation laboratory for markets, risks and resilience under the USAID and the International Centre for Evaluation and Development (ICED).

It sought to understand how using an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) messages as a mode of communicating nutrition and WASH educational content to rural to change behaviours in rural households for positive nutrition and health outcomes among the rural poor in Northern Ghana.

“After conducting research fieldwork over 3 years across four northern regions within 232 rural communities, the research project has found policy-relevant results,” Professor Osei added.

He indicated that malnutrition continued to be a public health challenge especially in the Northern sector which needed the attention of all stakeholders to address the challenge.

According to Professor, Osei nutrition, health and sanitation were important component of livelihoods approach to tackle inequality, poverty and deprivation.

He appealed to stakeholders to practice nutrition education in the local languages to improve health-related knowledge, attitudes and practices in rural areas.

Dr. Charles Yaw Okyere, who is part of the project Team said, the research found that at baseline, stunting is about 17.5 percent, Wasting is six percent and under weights is about 12.3 percent according to 2022 Demographic and Health Survey.

According to him, malnutrition affected child educational outcomes and was more pronounced in the Northern regions of Ghana.

He stated that in the research 30 percent of the Households studied had a poor food consumption score.

Dr. Fidela Dake, a team member of Research project said so far the project had impacted positively on nutrition outcomes and self reported health after six months of sending messages to beneficiary households.

She added that these messages, communicated through the IVR platform had changed nutrition and WASH perception among household and now more people took hand washing and boiling of water before drinking as key health tools.

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Cake Tekniks holds 59th graduation ceremony

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During the ceremony, all gradu­ates were presented with certifi­cates while 13 of them also re­ceived professional diploma.

The founder of Cake Tekniks International, Mrs Jane Addo, said her outfit was dedicated to pro­viding world standard skills, knowledge and hands-on training necessary for one to succeed worldwide in the culinary industry.

Mrs Jane Addo addressing students and guests at the ceremony

She encouraged the students to embrace the opportunities, challenges and experiences, mindful of the fact that they are well-equipped.

“Hold your heads up while you build a goodwill between your clients and your­selves,” she added.

Mrs Addo said the school was pas­sionate about fostering the culture of creativity, motivation and excellence with the belief that every student had the potential to make a lasting impact in the culinary world.

The founder and leader of QA Con­sult, Mr Johnson Opoku-Boateng, said graduation was a witness to the unveil­ing of talents, passion and hard work and testament to months of dedication and hands-on-learning.

He urged the graduands to ensure that their cakes were safe and good for human health and that their success would be dependent on how well they serve, create and grow.

The event also saw the exhibition of cakes and pastries by the students.

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 Volta College Foundation donates GH¢9,000 to 9-yr-old fire victim

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Some members of the foundation with Mr Dumevi and a staff of the hospital
Some members of the foundation with Mr Dumevi and a staff of the hospital

 A delegation from the Volta College Foun­dation, a non-govern­mental organisation, has donated GH¢9,000.00 to the family of nine-year-old Victoria Atsoribo, who suffered severe burns in a fire accident at home.

The donation was made at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, where Victoria is currently on admission and undergoing treatment.

Led by women’s or­ganiser of the foundation, Madam Mawulawoe Ame­dorme and Deputy PRO, Ms Rebecca Gollo, the delegation said the NGO launched a support cam­paign for Victoria, with the aim to ease the finan­cial burden on Victoria and her family.

Madam Amedorme said “thanks to the overwhelm­ing generosity of our members and the general public, we were able to raise funds to support her treatment and recovery.”

Receiving the dona­tion, Victoria’s uncle, Mr Bright Danquah Dumevi, expressed gratitude to the leadership and members of the foundation for their kindness and support.

He said Victoria was transferred from Marga­ret Marquart Hospital in Kpando to Korle Bu Teach­ing Hospital in Accra for specialised care.

According to Mr Dume­vi, Victoria was currently undergoing planned staged skin grafting (surgery) as part of her treatment.

Your kind gesture has made a profound impact on her recovery journey, bringing hope and joy to her healing process.

He said the contribu­tions from the foundation will help in taking care of Victoria’s bills, adding that “your support has allevi­ated a significant portion of the financial burden associated with her treat­ment, allowing her family to focus on her recovery.

He also appealed to the general public, be­nevolent individuals, and organisations to continue extending their support to Victoria to aid her recov­ery.

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 ICU holds Greater Accra regional youth, women confab

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Mr Morgan (third from left) with old and new executives
Mr Morgan (third from left) with old and new executives

The Industrial and Com­mercial Workers Union (ICU) on Friday held the Greater Accra Regional Youth and Women’s Conference to build a strategic network.

The conference which brought together representa­tives of the Union was a great opportunity for ICU Ghana to make its voice heard on poli­cies that were crucial to the development of the country.

The platform was also used to elect new officers for the Greater Accra Branch of The ICU Ghana to mark its 12th National Quadrennial Confer­ence in August.

The General Secretary of the ICU Ghana, Mr Morgan Ay­awine, called on government to assist the two state-owned media organisation, New Times Corporation (NTC), publishers of The Spectator and The Ghanaian Times newspapers and Graphic Com­munication Group Limited (GCGL).

“The two state-owned media played major roles in disseminating government policies, educating, enter­taining and informing the public of the happenings in the world,” he added.

He said ICU Ghana would also raise issues about the recapitalisation of the two organisations with the sector minister.

Mr Ayawine disclosed that the ADB and NIB banks were also going through the same ordeal but government inter­vened and urged government to do same for the two state-owned organisations.

He stressed on equal part­nership between unions and employers, saying the capital and labour were crucial to create, produce and generate funds.

The General Secretary advised the various branches of the association to suggest solutions on socio-economic issues such as employment for discussions.

The newly-elected mem­bers who were sworn in by the General Secretary, Mr Morgan Ayawine includes Be­linda Cochrane-chairman, Eric Ekow Turkson-Vice chairman and Moses Kwaku Otoo-Sec­retary.

Others were Charles Akomea-Financial Secretary, Charles Biden- Executive Member, Diana Asiedu-Wom­en’s Representative and Samuella A. Brago-Youth Representative.

The chairman of the Greater Accra Branch of the ICU Ghana, Belinda Cochrane thanked the leadership for contributing to the success of the union.

She added that the con­ference was to prepare for the 12th National Quadren­nial Conference and also to take stock of the activities of the branch for the past years and discuss issues on the ground.

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