FOHA DIABETIC & HYPERTENSION PROJECT@ SUNYANI CORONATION PARK
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DATE: SATURDAY 25/01/2020
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The impact story of FOHA continues as it partnered with Kingdom 99.3 fm, Sunyani Municipal Health Directorate to bring health care services to the doorsteps of the indegenous people of Sunyani and it's environs. The screening forms part of activities marking the launching of the new radio station in sunyani. The purpose of our Outreaches is to detect people with high sugar levels, high blood pressure and connect these clients back to health facilities in order to reduce the high incidemce of complications resulting from these conditions. Others conditions that people were screened on we're
# Hepatitis B
# HIV/ AIDS
# Eye examination
# Body Mass index ( BMI)
# Deworming
# General Medical Consult.
FOHA has enjoyed good partnership and collaboration with relevant stakeholders such as the Ghana Health Service, Ghana AIDS Commission, radio stations, religious organization and coorporate institutions over the years for it's impact stories. FOHA has played it's expected role towards the development of Ghana in the area of quality health care and capacity development through the services of professional volunteers over the past decades both in Ghana and in Europe. FOHA has mobilized over 300 hundred volunteers across the globe from the discipline of medicine, pharmacy, nursing, midwifery, engineering, business, psychology, psychiatry, communication, media, and other field with the common objective of bringing health care to the doorsteps of the weak and the vulnerable in society. It will take concerted effort and organized community to champion the next development and growth in Africa, Ghana in focus.
SPONSORS
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# Dr. Doris Adom NYANTAKYI ( Pharm.D)
# Marvelous Lab
# FOHA CEO, JAK
Appreciation
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FOHA appreciates the efforts of all our volunteers and wants to remind all volunteers that their records are in FOHA archives and they will forever be remembered. FOHA is calling on all individuals, coorporate bodies, institutions, religious bodies and all who wants to partner with FOHA to scale out health interventions to the underserved populations.
FOHA@12<br< a="">>NEXT Outreach : 27th March, 2020 @ YAMFO
Next cocktail & Volunteers Meeting : 6th March, 2020.
Rev.Jefferson Agbotro Kwasi
FOUNDER & CEO, FOHA
www.fohaghana.org
www.founder.fohaghana.org

On the 13th January, 2020, the  FOHA medical Team in partnership with Watchers' chapel, LIFEWAY HEALING CRUSADE & JAK CONSULT brought a free medical screening as part of activities marking the birth day of the founder & CEO of FOHA, Rev.Jefferson Agbotro Kwasi on
# Diabetes Mellitus
# Hypertension

# Hepatitis B
# Deworming
# General medical screening
# General medical screening and Livelihood support on
# Clothing donations
# Shoe ( foot wear) donation
# Food items
# Sharing of the gospel
ASUADAI village is a suburb of Yamfo in the Bono & Ahafo region with a population above one thousand yet lacks basic social amenities such as health centre and many more. Life is about living for a course, I believe in the course of supporting the weak and the vulnerable and that has being the mandate of FOHA for 12 years now. It was great to get FOHA members, watchers' members as well as LIFEWAY HEALING CRUSADE to join the outreach yesterday. The outreach lasted for about 8 hours. FOHA has being on the for front of universal coverage of health for some years now and always bringing the access and covergae gap between clients and facilities. The people of the town were so grateful to us for coming to their aid. In showing appreciation, they reciprocated our services with plantain just to say thank you.
TEAM MEMBERS:
# Rev.Jak
# Lady Thess
# Zeinab
# Abigail
# Evans
# Stephen
# Erica
# Isaac
# Coffie
Community Leader
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Mr. Yaw Agyewudo
SPONSORS
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# Rev.Jak
# Lady Thess

# Dr. Korankye
# Dr. Doris ( Pharm.D)
# Marvelos Lab
# Nurse Agartha
# Kotoka
# George ( FOHA Coordinator, Germany)
www.fohaghana.org
www.founder.fohaghana.org
www.jakconsultant.com

Yesterday 14th September 2019 was another wonderful day full of excitement and fulfilment as the FOHA medical Team in partnership with Psalmist Praise brought health care to the doorsteps of the people of sunyani along side blood donation to stock the blood bank of the regional hospital, sunyani. The programme brought together Optometrist, Dental surgeons, ENT specialist Nurses, Dental Nurses, General Nurses, Nutritionists, Opthalmic Nurses, Midwives and our cherished clients who are at the centre of our care. This forms part of FOHA's 11 years commitment to the achievement of the SDGs and creating a resilient society. We screened people on # Blood Pressure # BMI # BLOOD SUGAR # HEPATITIS B # DENTAL EXAMINATION and General medical Consultation. The founder and CEO of FOHA, Rev.Jefferson Agbotro Kwasi facilitated discussion with the Health professional Team present on " Public Health care service in Ghana: The achievements, challenges and the way forward". This discussion lasted close to two hours with various contributions on how we can improve upon public health care in Ghana. Prominent among the discussion was how to bridge the fear gap between clinicians and patients in order to reduce the disease burden, how to improve upon communication with patients at the health facilities, viewing patients are partners of the health Care system and involving them in their care. The issue of responsiveness and self sacrifice from health care professionals across the country was suggested to be the way to go in order to realize the change we are looking for in the health sector of Ghana, the breaking of medical information to patients especially about chronic diseases with poor prognosis, professional way of breaking death information to patients relatives, adopting innovative approach and taking advantage of the media ( both print, Televisions & radio) in order to correct most of the errorneous and misinformation in the public domain. The medical Team also touched on health and religion and suggestion was made to relook at how to partner with the religious groups in order to change the perception of those who have taking religion to the extreme to the neglected of medical advices and adhering to medical advice. The medical professionals commended FOHA for the challenge it has taken over the years and enjoins all to support such a worthy course in bringing health care to the underserved population in Ghana. The programme lasted between the hours of 9 am to 3:30 pm. The Psalmist Praise Team was being led by Dr. Kesse who was the lead Organizer of the Event. The next medical outreach is schedule for 5th October, 2019 at Kotokrom, Sunyani. All and sundry are called upon to support FOHA especially through financial donation in order to reach out to more people.
FOHA: YOUR HEALTH FIRST

FOHA SCREENED 100 PEOPLE ON NON - COMMUNICABLE DISEASES LAST SUNDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER, 2019 AT FORE COURT OF CHRIST THE KING CATHOLIC CHURCH, SUNYANI
FRIENDS OF HEALTH ASSOCIATION ( FOHA ) is a registered Health NGO in Ghana that has being on the fore front of quality health care delivery in Ghana for the past 11 years now with the strategic vision of bringing health care to the doorsteps of all Ghanaians especially the underserved population with the common objectives of reducing the high incidence of non - communicable diseases, reduce the complication of these afore mentioned conditions, promote health and wellness. FOHA in partnership with the Adehyeman coral grpup ( a music ministry) within the Catholic Church organized a free health screening for the members of the Christ the King Cathedral at sunyani. Adebyeman as part of their nation programme sponsored the screening services for the members of the church especially the aged. The screening was on Diabetes Mellitus, Blood pressure, Body Mass index, Hepatitis B testing and General medical Consultation. The programme brought together 100 clients amidst downpour of heavy rains. The patronage was very high and the members embraced the programme with excitement. Clients whose blood pressure were higher than 140/90 mmHg were asked to go to the nearest health centre or hospital near them for recheck, people with equally high sugar levels were referred to the next health facility for possible medication. Nutritional counsel was given to those whose body massage index were found to be high( obese, overweight as well as underweight ) clients. The leadership of the church and the Adehyeman group we're grateful to FOHA for bringing health care to the doorsteps of their members. Those who tested negative for Hepatitis B were asked to go for the Help B vaccine whiles those who tested positive were asked to do liver functioning test.

FOHA was being led by Rev.Jefferson ( FOUNDER & CEO)