Organization: Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, UHAS, Ghana
Title: World Hearing Day 2026-From Ghana Communities to Classrooms: Hearing Care for All Children
Al title (for format and translation – not permanent:
World Hearing Day 2026 – From Ghana communities to classrooms: Hearing care for all children
Description:
• Radio publicity: Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), Volta Star on 91.1 MHz FM- Live broadcast of WHD event on the theme – From communities to
classrooms: hearing care for all children and also the event that would be aired would also feature in the bulletin (news line).
• Health talk and distribution of earplugs at Trafalgar Taxi Rank – Trafalgar Taxi Rank is a busy taxi rank in Ho, Volta Region, Ghana where students, traders, patients and many other categories of people take taxis and buses to other places like the main market – it is noisy and many people gather there for businesses.
• Health talk and hearing screening – (1) Fiave Global M/A Junior High (2) Treasure Christian School.
• Health talk and training non-specialists health workers in the prevention and treatment of common ear diseases – Ho Nursing Training College, Volta Region,
Ghana.
Primary site: AFR – Ghana
Region: AFR
General Photos
Dr. Olawale Ogundiran Performing Otoscopy during 2025 WHD
Group Picture after health talk at Mawuku Girls’- WHD 2025
Health talk at Mawuko Girls’ SHS – WHD 2025
Types of Engagement:
Live event: Yes
Screening: Yes
Traditional media: Yes
Social media: Yes
Special needs populations: children and adolescents, indigenous communities
Met with individual policymaker: Yes
Participation of policy makers: Yes
Participation of influencers: No
WHO technical tool used: Yes
WHO educational and social media used: Yes