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Stressing childless couples unacceptable – Health practitioner
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When couples are trying to conceive without success, some members of the soci ety mount pressure on the helpless pair because they feel the couple is not serious with making efforts to have children.
It is, therefore, common to have such “concerned people” call them (the couple) names and even try to restrict them on how to dress, even what to eat and also those to asso ciate with. Women are usually at the receiving end of this ill-treat ment aimed at compelling them to have children.
In an interview with The Spectator on Monday, a Public Health Practitioner, Dr. Owusu Yankyera, said it was about time the cultural settings appreciated that children were a gift from God through the male and female not only through the female.
“Society must understand that under certain circumstances, pressure mounted on childless couples is enough to increase the psychological problem that worsens their state,” he said.
He said stigmatisation was, there fore, a harmful means of forcing couple to have children because a good mental health was important for such couples.
Dr. Yankyera said, instead of mak ing life unbearable for such couples society should rather provide support and encouragement to childless cou ples since that period was challeng ing for them.
He suggested that there should be a friendly approach to childless cou ples in harmonising a society where there were inequalities in fertility.
The Public Health Practitioner who is also the Head of Standard Setting, Verification and Accreditation at the Traditional Medicine Practice Council said it was about time society under stood that the causes of infertility may emanate from both male and female.
“It is untrue that all cases of infer tility are because females are bar ren. This is the reason many a time the burden of seeking child birth is left on the woman,” he said.
According to him, some factors associated with male infertility were semen disorders, sexual problems, genetic defects, disorders in the tes tes, systemic diseases and prolifera tion of abnormal or immature sperms among others.
Dr. Yankyera said it was important that both partners showed equal and cooperative desires and efforts to address the issue of childlessness instead of putting the entire blame on women.
From Dzifa Tetteh Tay, Tema
Christians have been urged to demonstrate a living faith in Jesus Christ by allowing their confession of Him as Lord and Saviour to reflect in their daily lives.
According to the Kaneshie District Pastor of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana (EPCG), Rev. Dzidzor Nathaniel Affram, a genuine Christian’s confession should go beyond words and be demonstrated through obedience to God, love for others and service to the Church.
He made the call at the 40th anniversary remembrance service for the late Wesley Kwasi Kwadzo at the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana, Maranatha Congregation at Awudome Avenui in the Volta Region.
Speaking on the theme, “The Church Built on a Living Confession,” Rev. Affram said life would continually present challenges capable of testing Christians’ faith, making it necessary for believers to hold firmly to their confession that Jesus Christ is Lord.
He explained that accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour required Christians to live according to His teachings, stressing that their faith must be evident in their conduct.
“A living confession listens to God and not man,” he said, urging Christians to remain obedient to God even when faced with difficulties and pressures.
Rev. Affram further encouraged the congregation to care for vulnerable people and demonstrate concern for others, adding that such acts were practical expressions of Christian faith.
He also urged Christians to identify and use their God-given gifts to build the Church.
He said every member of the Church had a role to play and cautioned Christians against looking down on others because of their status or abilities.
The remembrance service brought together family members, friends, members of the congregation and sympathisers to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the late Wesley Kwasi Kwadzo.
By Lizzy Okai
Two female students from the Eastern and Upper West regions of Ghana have booked their qualifications for the finals of this year’s World Vision Ghana School Sanitation Solutions Challenge slated for September 21, at the National Theatre in Accra.
The girls are Dede Nyarko from the Nkawkaw St Anthony RC JHS in the Eastern Region and Dasanah Candi Mwine Maalo from the Star of God RC JHS in the Upper West Region.
In all, 10 schools reached the semifinal stage held in Sunyani in the Bono Region.
The School Sanitation Solution Challenge by the World Vision Ghana instituted in 2019 is an annual national competition for Ghanaian pupils from primary six to Junior High School students up to form two.
The programme aims to foster environmental consciousness and empower children to concrete sustainable water, Sanitation and hygiene (WASH) Solution
The annual event is supported by the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ghana Education Service and Zoomlion Foundation among other partners.
The girls won their respective contest from SHELP and COCOA zones and are expected to face other competitors from the southern zones for the ultimate prize at the National Theatre next month.
Dasanah Candi Mwine Maalo had an aggregate score of 77 points to pick the Shelp zone slot while Dede Nyarko also had an aggregate score of 89 to win from the Cocoa zone.
The Bono Regional Minister, Joseph Addae Akwaboah, in a speech read on his behalf commended World Vision Ghana and its partners for instituting the competition to highlight sanitation issues in the country.
“Placing young people at the centre of the conversation on sanitation is highly commendable,” he said.
According to him under the government’s reset agenda, sanitation has received renewed attention as a critical component of effective local governance and service delivery
Mr Akwaboah said sanitation issues is a national responsibility and which everybody must play a role in ensuring clean, safer and sustainable environment devoid of diseases.
The WASH Technical Specialist- World Vision Ghana Atta Arhin in an address highlighted that while Ghana has achieved high basic access rates to safe drinking water approximately 87 per cent nationally, environmental sanitation and elimination of open defections lag critically behind.
He said the winner of the seventh edition would embark on a fully sponsored educational trip abroad and other prices.
From Daniel Dzirasah, Sunyani
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