Journalistic Works - News Articles, Features And More of P. ATOGEWE WEDAM

Since its inception some three years ago, the East Mamprusi mutual health insurance scheme has registered 74,048 citizens in its membership drive and this figure represents 52 per cent of the district’s total population. This was announced by the manager of the scheme Mr. Elijah Sulemana Abudulai in a speech he delivered at the second annual general meeting of the district mutual health insurance scheme held at Gambaga in the Northern region. It was themed – ‘National Health Insurance; Gateway to quality, accessible and affordable health care’. Mr. Abudulai said from its humble beginnings in 2005 with a membership of only 17,426, the scheme worked hard in the registration of more members thus increasing the tally to 35,461 in 2006 and further up to 53,094 in 2007. The scheme manager noted that ID cards were a prerequisite for scheme members to access health care after having paid their premiums. The scheme thus issued 10,152 ID cards to members in 2005 whilst a total ...

Also published in the graphic showbiz issue of June 25, 2003 It is woeful to note that the northern regions of Ghana – Upper East, Upper West and Northern are like a capture audience always waiting to hit by news from the omnipotent state-owned broadcaster GBC regional radio stations and its TV network, GTV for it is the only television station accessible to people in these regions. Media decentralization especially on the part of the electronic audio-visual media like TV3, Metro TV and TV Africa is yet to be realized in the north. Now we are in the information age, it is very sad that some parts of the country [Ghana] such as the three northern regions are still lagging behind in the reception of various news items bothering on topical issues that affect the everyday life of the citizens in this beloved country. The transmissions of other new TV stations including the three named above simply do not reach the northern regions. I therefore appeal to authorities concerned to build s...

JULY 26, 2008 A Dutch NGO, World Servants Netherlands has handed over a four unit semi-detached nurses’ quarters to the Assemblies of God health centre at Nakpanduri in the Bunkprugu-Yunyoo district. At a handing over ceremony in Nakpanduri last Saturday, the Community Infrastructure Development Coordinator of the Assemblies of God Relief and Development Services, AGREDS, Mr. Stephen Abarika said it had been the vision of World Servants Netherlands, WSN and AGREDS to contribute to quality health service delivery in Nakpanduri. Mr. Abarika noted that out of 45 building projects that WSN undertook throughout the country in 21 communities over the past 17 years, Nakpanduri alone had enjoyed three including the nurses’ quarters all valued at GH c75000. The coordinator said the infrastructural intervention over the years was targeted at increasing access to health care and utilization of health services to improve the well-being of the people of Nakpanduri. He observed that the new...