It is no longer malaria and tuberculosis. In the past, the two diseases dominated any healthcare conversation when the subject was about Africa. Times have changed. Today, diabetes, cancer, and heart and respiratory diseases are emerging as the top killers in Africa. Though infectious diseases remain a threat, the trendline is changing due to the… Continue reading African Healthcare: Diabetes, Cancer, Other NCDs Catch up with Malaria
Author: Kwabena A-Manager
Kwabena, is the founder of Give Back Africa Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to helping kids from underprivileged communities realize their potential. He is a scientist in Pharmaceutical Research & Development. To support his charity, please visit http://givebackafrica.org
There will always be Garbage In
By Dr. Kwabena Amponsah-Manager There is a popular saying that ‘garbage in, garbage out’. What this means is that if you receive poorly refined instructions, codes, methodology, you act on it as you receive it. When this is true, it reduces one to the level of a robotic machine or a lower level being. What… Continue reading There will always be Garbage In
Motivating Tomorrow’s Leaders: Doing it While the Plane is Still on the Runway
by Dr. Kwabena Amponsah-Manager Doing something and feeling at the end that you did the right thing at the right time gives a kind of a sweet feeling. Last week I was at Aketenchi, a village in the Western Region of Ghana to help train health workers as part of the Ghana’s grassroots healthcare delivery… Continue reading Motivating Tomorrow’s Leaders: Doing it While the Plane is Still on the Runway
Less Can be More in Speeches: Beware of Selfishness
by Dr. Kwabena Amponsah-Manager Why do speakers often go over the time offered to them by their host or organizers? The simple answer is that we’re just selfish. We love to take more than we are given. It’s a pleasurable thing to do. When you’re going to give a speech, one thing you need to… Continue reading Less Can be More in Speeches: Beware of Selfishness
On the Ground, How I see the ‘Emerging, Sub-Saharan African Economies’
I am currently in Ghana volunteering with Jhpiego to assist the Ghana Health Services in the implementation of a rural health care planning service. I have mixed impressions on the state of affairs in Ghana, which applies to most of the so called ‘emerging Sub-Saharan economies’. Political stability, infrastructural development, the ‘IMF/World Bank economy’ and… Continue reading On the Ground, How I see the ‘Emerging, Sub-Saharan African Economies’
Timing is Moneying
By Dr. K Amponsah-Manager When you are not sure you have something to say, it is better to keep quiet. When you feel you have something to say, say it when the PASSION is high and the moment is HOT. Because this is when your words are going to have the most impact and you… Continue reading Timing is Moneying
Malaria: Focus on Prevention and Get the African Privileged Engaged
by Dr. K Amponsah-Manager I have written on malaria in the past. Since then, much has changed and nothing has changed. There are more than 400 million cases of malaria annually. Most of malaria infections and deaths occur in Sub-Saharan African where the most vulnerable are infants, pregnant mothers and seniors. In fact, it is… Continue reading Malaria: Focus on Prevention and Get the African Privileged Engaged
“Happy” World Malaria Day
Today is April 25th. It is designated as World Malaria Day. Unlike other celebrated days like New Year, Valentine, Independence, today is meant to remind us of the scourge of a pernicious disease that kills a child every 45 seconds. Malaria Day commemorated with speeches, seminars, symposiums and workshops that are meant to petition all… Continue reading “Happy” World Malaria Day