Give Health a priority concern

A legal practitioner and an aspiring candidate of the People’s National Convention (PNC) for the Bolgatanga Constituency, Rockson Akugre has challenged the media not to concentrate on political reportage but rather make conscious effort in educating the public on issues of national interest particularly in the area of health and education. speaking to Radio Ghana at Bolgatanga, Mr. Akugre noted that malaria still remains the leading cause of illness and the primary cause of morbidity and mortality, accounting for over three million outpatient visits to public facilities annually. this unfortunate development he lamented s was made known when Ghana joined the rest of the world to mark world malaria day to which he added that the Bolgatanga Constituency was not isolated from the statistics. He therefore suggested that the local government authorities should not only make available but also enforce the use of insecticide treated mosquito nets to strengthen the preventive aspect whilst curative measures should be put in place as a complement. The aspiring candidate of the People’s National Convention for the Bolgatanga Constituency suggested that efforts at achieving the Millennium Development Goals would suffer stultification if measures aimed at eradicating some diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS are not given the necessary attention. Mr. Rockson Akugre therefore advised that in the area of HIV/AIDS, the campaign by health professional on the health challenges of the pandemic should be intensified and efforts directed at behavioral change of the human race should be incouraged. He added that the value for life should also be encouraged by religious organizations.
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