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Open Letter to the
President: Ghana is 60, Ghana has TB at 60!
Isaac Ato Mensah
March 26, 2017
H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
President of the Republic of Ghana and Commander-in-Chief of the
Ghana Armed Forces
Flagstaff House
Accra
Dear
Mr. President,
Greetings from La where I am the station
manager of Radio Latenu 96.1MHz, a Ga community radio station.
Ghana is 60 but Ghana has TB.
Ghana is riddled with
TB and its people are dying.
Mr. President, our
radio station has been executing this campaign for about a week
with very limited success.
But I guess no one has
mentioned it to you so I decided to write.
I have also
telephoned people close to you but have not been successful.
Mr President, in May 2016 during your election campaign you
were interviewed in our studio at Latenu 96.1MHz. You are
therefore familiar with the station and you know its profound
influence within the Ga community- the indigenes of our national
capital, Accra.
However, I have chosen to publish this
letter in your own newspaper, The Daily Statesman, in order to
draw your immediate attention to the raging Tuberculosis
epidemic in our country.
Hopefully this will make our
public servants wake up since they know the Daily Statesman is
your mouthpiece.
Mr. President, the statistics are
alarming.
Ten thousand new cases were detected in 2015.
Fifteen thousand new cases were recorded in 2016; an
increase of over 50%.
In the La Dadekotopon municipality
where you launched your manifesto and held your final rally of
2016, I am sad to inform you that 153 new cases were detected
that year and 9 persons died of TB!
Each infected person
with TB has the potential to infect another 10-15 persons with
the disease.
Even scarier, Mr. President, our
National Surveillance Program estimates that it only "catches"
at best 30 percent of the TB cases.
But happily TB
treatment in Ghana is free and effective.
Therefore a
strong Public Education and awareness campaign will surely save
lives and stop the spread of this deadly disease.
Respectfully, Mr. President, I ask
that you recall the 60th anniversary torch back to Independence
Square.
Then solemnly light it again and give it back to
Nii Azumah Nelson with the message "Ghana is 60, Ghana has TB".
This will galvanize the whole nation to resist and
conquer TB.
TB is a threat to national security.
Mr. President, I shall be most grateful if you will please
acknowledge receipt.
Holding my breath as I await your
response.
Signed
Isaac Ato Mensah
Station
Manager
Radio Latenu 96.1MHz
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Open Letter to the President:
Ghana is 60, Ghana has TB at 60!
Commentary,
March 26.
Ghanadot
- In the La Dadekotopon municipality
where you launched your manifesto and
held your final rally of 2016, I am sad
to inform you that 153 new cases were
detected that year and 9 persons died of
TB!....More
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Galamsey
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We’ll resist attempts to rewrite Ghana’s history
– CPP
CitiFM, March 27, Ghanadot -
The National Chairman of the Convention People’s
Party (CPP), Professor Edmund Delle has vowed
that the party will resist any attempt to
rewrite the country’s history in a way that
discredits Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s significant role
in Ghana’s independence struggle....He said
people agitating over the consistent reference
to Dr. Kwame Nkrumah as the founder of
independent Ghana are only being selective with
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Sen. Grassley Demands Answers On Collusion Between 'Trump Dossier' Authors And FBI
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