Mrs. Eunice Oppong - Amoah : Deputy Director of Nursing Services ( DDNS) and the supervisor of the theatres at the Sunyani Regional hospital is calling on all nurses to show strong leadership at their various units within the hospital fraternity and adhere to the standard of the nursing profession. 

Mrs. Eunice Oppong - Amoah had her  Nursing Education at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital from 1989 - 1992 and was stationed at the the Sunyani Municipal hispital till 1996. By dint of quest for knowledge and personal development, she continued to do Midwifery at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital from 1996- 1997 and came back to the same hospital she was working at. Her interest in theatre Nursing made her to pursue further studies in Perioperative & Critical Care Nursing at Korlebu from 2003 to 2005. She has being working at the Sunyani regional hospital from 2005 till now and she is the Nurse manager of the Accident & Emergency theatre, Obstetric & Gynaecology theatre as well as the CJ Oppong theatre ( Main theatre) at the regional hospital. She has really being at the forefront of health care specifically Nursing care in Ghana and has a lot of practical experience in managing patients, leadership and mediation, and so on. As a perioperative, Critical Care Nurse coupled with her managerial & leadership duties, she ensures that all patients that come to the theatre have save surgery, out the patient back to their maximum function status. The work of the Nurse at the theatre is key to post operative recovery. 

    Mrs. Eunice Oppong - Amoah is advocating for strong Teamwork and collaboration between surgeons, anaesthetics and nurses across the country. Teamwork according to the theatre supervisor is key to save surgery, good post operative outcome. She is enjoining all nurses especially theatre Nurses  across the country to be current on pre operative care, Peri operive and post operative care management, in order to protect the dignity of the profession. This was message was contained in a message delivered couple of weeks ago in a meeting with her theatre in charges and deputy incharges at the Sunyani regional hospital. Nurses should be up and doing, give the best care and maintain good communication with their clients. This is the surest way to ensure the health sector transformation agenda. Team Building workshop among others were action plan taken to ensure synergy and build relationships among staff for good health outcome. 

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 Today marked another landmark achievement for the regional hospital - sunyani as the new Head of Department for the Emergency Department - Dr. Korankye met the staff to officially outline his vision for the department, take feedback and inputs from staff for health system improvement. The emergency department is made up of the 

# Emergency Ward

# Emergency Bay 

# Triage Unit

# Emergency Theatre

# Pharmacy &

# Records 

The purpose of the emergency Unit is to be at the forefront of saving lives and responding to critical health situations. The emergency department operates a 24 hour system. The health staff at this department comprise of Specialist doctors, medical doctors, house officers, emergency nurse specialists, general nurses, Anaesthetists, pharmacists. The meeting was meant to strengthen relationship and increase professional knowledge in the delivery of health care, coordinate & communicate  effectively, ensure that emergency drugs and equipments are available at all times. In order to bridge the communication gap between staff and staff, health care providers and the general public about the way the emergency system runs, the department appointed Rev.Jefferson Agbotro Kwasi as the Public Relations officer for the department in order to enhance communication, leverage on relationship between health care providers and the general public. Expect innovation and Teamwork at the emergency department of the regional hospital. The new Head of Department is Dr. Korankye( Family Physician Specialist). Expect frequent updates of emergency services at the regional hospital - Sunyani.

Source : Rev.Jefferson Agbotro Kwasi

Public Relation Officer ( PRO) - EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF THE SUNYANI REGIONAL HOSPITAL

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Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere

While global poverty rates have been cut by more than half since 2000, one in ten people in developing regions are still living with their families on less than the international poverty line of US$1.90 a day, and there are millions more who make little more than this daily amount. Significant progress has been made in many countries within Eastern and Southeastern Asia, but up to 42% of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa continues to live below the poverty line.

Poverty is more than the lack of income and resources to ensure a sustainable livelihood. Its manifestations include hunger and malnutrition, limited access to education and other basic services, social discrimination and exclusion as well as the lack of participation in decision-making.

Economic growth must be inclusive to provide sustainable jobs and promote equality. Social protection systems need to be implemented to help alleviate the suffering of disaster-prone countries and provide support in the face of great economic risks. These systems will help strengthen responses by afflicted populations to unexpected economic losses during disasters and will eventually help to end extreme poverty in the most impoverished countries.

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Approximately 1.2 billion people in the world live in extreme poverty (less than one dollar per day). Poverty creates ill-health because it forces people to live in environments that make them sick, without decent shelter, clean water or adequate sanitation.

FOHA supports communities to design and implement 'pro-poor' health policies, that is, health policies which prioritize and respond to the needs of poor people. This work includes global advocacy, regional initiatives and direct support to ministries of health and health facilities  in pro poor communities

FOHA CEO Rev.Jefferson is calling on all especially duty bearers, individuals, religious bodies to get involved in the fight against poverty since it impacts negatively on the health of all especially the weak and the vulnerable in the hard to reach communities. FOHA has being on the fore front of public health campaigns for the past 11 years now in Ghana.

Let us together build a resilient community.

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Today  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

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)