Org Name Original: HearMi Ghana
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Contact First: WILLIAM
Contact Last:HODZI
Project Title: Health education and screening
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AFR: Ghana
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Event Purpose: World Report on hearing-related activities, Advocacy with policymakers, Education and training, Programme launch, Hearing screening, Otoscopic and audiology screening
Primary Audience: Policymakers, General public, Adolescents, Adults, Students, teachers and none teaching staff
Estimated In Person Reach: Local, National, Regional, Global
Audience Reached: Adults
Specific Workplace: Musicians, School, radio and tv station workers
Screen Newborn and Infant:
Screen Children and Adolecents:
Screen Adults: 100
Screen Older Adults:
Policy Maker: The Municipal Chief Executive, Akatsi South Municipal Assembly. Akatsi, Volta, Ghana, West Africa.
Influencer: Mr. Kofitsey Martin Nyahe
Traditional Media: 4
Traditional Media Numbers: 4
Social Media: Facebook
Social Media Numbers: 1000
Event Description:
The HearMi Gh team embarked on media health eduaction on ways to prevent hearing loss with emphasis on this year’s team theme a week prior to the event. On the day of event, we made a presenting on hearing loss and its prevention to student and staff of Akatsi college of Education, Akatsi, Volta region, Ghana, West Africa. over one thousand student and staff benefited from otoscopic and audiology screening exercise. Foreign bodies were removed from peoples ear, ear infections were treated , those with impacted cerumen had aural irrigation done, sensoneural hearing loss were refered.
WHO Educational Materials Used: Yes
Native Written Language: Ewe
Educational Materials Available in Your Language: Yes
Did You Translate WHO Materials: Ewe
Would You Consider Assisting Us: Ewe , Twi, Ga and Hausa
What Additional Materials Would Be Helpful:
Ear model
Did You Have A World Hearing Day Event Last Year: Yes, but we did not submit a report
Other Suggestions:
Please the submission date for the report should extended by a week. And please give constant reminders
Did You Apply for Grant:No
Photo 1 https://worldhearingday.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/6/IMG_1650068189438.webp
Photo 1 caption Mr. William Hodzi the founder of HearMi Ghana an ENT Nurse specialist conducting otoscopic examination on one of the students of Akatsi college of education. Akatsi , Volta region, Ghana, west Africa.
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