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Regenerative Health and Nutrition
programme for Wa
WA, April 21, GNA - A team of experts from the Ministry of
Health and the African Hebrew Development Agency (AHDA), on
Friday held a meeting with stakeholders in the Wa
Municipality to educate them on the Regenerative Health and
Nutrition (RHN) programme.
It seeks to promote healthy life styles and nutrition to
increase productivity and prolong life.
About 50 people made up of personnel from the security
agencies in Wa, officials of the Ministry of Health,
representatives of health centred non-governmental
organizations, traditional rulers and religious groups and
organizations participated.
The team would visit schools, churches, hospitals and
clinics and organise quiz, plays and dramatic sketches on
how to live healthy lives in the Municipality, which is one
of its pilot districts.
Dr Amadiel Ben Yahuda, Executive Director of AHDA, said the
programme was community based with the goal of influencing
people to eat food good for their health.
He said the Ministry of Health now placed emphasis on the
prevention of diseases than building hospitals and clinics,
which often gave establishments like drug manufacturers the
chance to make profit the sickness of people.
The AHDA Executive Director stated that eating fruits and
vegetables, drinking enough water and undertaking regular
physical exercises were the best way of fortifying the
body's immune system to keep healthy.
Alhaji Osman Salifu, Municipal Coordinating Director, said
the success of the programme nationwide would reduce the
medical expenditure of the government and individuals.
GNA
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