{"id":1850,"date":"2022-05-27T08:56:23","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T08:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ladma.gov.gh\/?p=1850"},"modified":"2023-05-09T09:04:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T09:04:05","slug":"ladma-health-directorate-screened-127-people-for-various-health-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ladma.gov.gh\/?p=1850","title":{"rendered":"LaDMA HEALTH DIRECTORATE SCREENED 127 PEOPLE FOR VARIOUS HEALTH CONDITIONS."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1850\" class=\"elementor elementor-1850\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1520fb2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1520fb2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dc04fcf\" data-id=\"dc04fcf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab1a7eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ab1a7eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"839\" height=\"857\" src=\"https:\/\/ladma.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/health.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1852\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ladma.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/health.jpg 839w, https:\/\/ladma.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/health-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/ladma.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/health-768x784.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ladma.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/health-600x613.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 839px) 100vw, 839px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c2c232\" data-id=\"1c2c232\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfe3ea3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfe3ea3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Health Directorate of La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Assembly (LaDMA) in conjunction with International SOS marked this year\u2019s World Malaria Day Celebration under the theme: Advance equity, build resilience end malaria\u2019 at the forecourt of the La Multi-Purpose Market in the Greater Region.Responding to questions, the director of La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Health Directorate Dr Adwoa Wilson said the world Malaria Day is remembered worldwide yearly on 25<sup>th<\/sup> April to recount the achievements and challenges in the fight against malaria globally.<\/p><p>She mentioned that malaria is a disease that affects all populations and is of great concern to many countries mostly African countries as they struggle to reduce its burden on the general population.<br><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9ef60fc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9ef60fc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0c6e125\" data-id=\"0c6e125\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8fc0aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8fc0aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>According to Dr Adwoa Wilson, children below the ages of five years and pregnant women are at a greater risk of the ailment. The health director stated that the goal for the celebration was to raise awareness on the urgent need for action and targeted scale-up of existing and new tools, such as new long lasting and insecticide treated nets and the RTS, S vaccine as well as data \u2013led strategies.<\/p><p>Rendering her account, Dr Adwoa Wilson, the municipal health director said 127 people screened for various health conditions including malaria, blood pressure, HIV\/AIDS, COVID-19 vaccination, and child growth monitoring. 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