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The Cleveland Clinic says that there are costs to being connected and using your phone while you sleep. Researchers have found that people who use electronics often, especially at night, are more likely to say they don’t get enough or good sleep. Most of the time, cell phones are safe, but depending on how you use them, they may pose other dangers. Here are some good things that will happen if you don’t use your phone in bed.
1. Screens Disrupt Sleep Cycles
Your circadian rhythm, or the regular pattern of when you sleep and wake up, has been shown to be affected by cell phone and screen use. Melatonin, the hormone that makes you sleepy, is stopped from working by the blue light that cell phones give off. Studies on children and teens have shown this. Because of this, it takes longer to fall asleep and people sleep less in general.
2. Phones keep your mind busy
There are more things than just the light from the screen that can wake you up. Consider how you use your phone. Phones are a constant source of information and stimulation that can keep people alert and awake. This could make it harder to fall asleep and stay asleep.
3. Phones could start fires or cause burns.
A bed fire or an explosion could hurt someone very badly. A recent research paper says that some cases of second-degree burns were caused by batteries that got too hot or caught on fire. This type causes the top layers of skin to peel off, as well as pain, swelling, blistering, and fluid discharge.
4. The light coming from your phone screen can affect your health
Phone screens and sleep don’t always get along. The blue light from your phone is made to look like natural sunlight. This can make you feel more alert during the day, which is great, but it’s the last thing you want when you’re trying to relax and get ready for bed at night.
Studies show that the blue light your smartphone gives off is bad for your eyes. But it can also keep you from getting enough sleep.
Source: gh.opera.news
African leaders have been urged to strengthen political commitment and domestic investment to end preventable maternal deaths and AIDS by 2030.
The call comes as African health ministers and policymakers meet in Accra to deliberate on health financing, health security and universal health coverage across the continent.
Mr Edouard Bizimana, Burundi’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and Development Cooperation, made the call on Tuesday at the opening of the African Union’s (AU) 25th Extraordinary Summit on Health in Accra.
He said Africa needed increased domestic investment to build resilient health systems as it continued to grapple with infectious diseases and the growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
Mr Bizimana, who is also Chairperson of the AU Executive Council, said although Africa accounted for nearly 17 per cent of the world’s population, it bore 24 per cent of the global disease burden while having less than three per cent of the global health workforce and only one per cent of global health expenditure.
“Despite maternal mortality declining by nearly 40 per cent since 2000, Africa still accounts for about 70 per cent of maternal deaths globally, while almost two-thirds of people living with HIV reside on the continent,” he said.
Mr Bizimana said the growing burden of NCDs was placing additional pressure on already stretched health systems.
“These figures are not merely statistics. They represent painful human realities, preventable losses and unacceptable inequalities, they remind us that health is not an expense it is a strategic investment and a prerequisite for our sovereignty and development. “he said.
Mr Bizimana said recent global health emergencies had exposed Africa’s vulnerability and underscored the need to expand local production of medicines and vaccines, strengthen the health workforce and improve emergency preparedness.
“Our citizens expect resilient health systems where every mother can give birth safely, every child has access to essential healthcare and every African enjoys quality health services regardless of where they live,” he said.
The two-day summit, being held ahead of the 20th Extraordinary Session of the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government, has brought together health ministers, policymakers and health stakeholders to identify solutions to Africa’s health financing and security challenges.
Madam Florence Samizi, Tanzania’s Deputy Health Minister, called for stronger collaboration among AU Member States to accelerate progress towards universal health coverage.
The summit is being held on the theme: “Advancing Justice, Equality and Universal Health Coverage: Ending AIDS, Tuberculosis, Improving Maternal Health, Addressing Endemic Non-Communicable and Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa.”
The meeting is expected to adopt the Accra Declaration, a roadmap to strengthen Africa’s health systems and advance health sovereignty by 2030. -GNA
Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana’s Department of Political Science, Dr. Joshua Jebuntie Zaato says the imprisonment of the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, will have little meaning unless it leads to a broader crackdown on illegal mining.
In a post on his Facebook page on the July 21, 2026, Dr. Zaato said the judgment should mark the beginning of efforts to completely eradicate galamsey and hold all those involved accountable, regardless of their political affiliation.
He said the country must work towards restoring polluted rivers, protecting forests and ensuring that people implicated in illegal mining activities are prosecuted.
According to him, those the President has publicly acknowledged to be involved in galamsey should face prosecution.
He called for the prosecution of district chief executives (DCEs), members of Parliament (MPs) and senior political party officials who have been accused of engaging in or supporting illegal mining.
Dr. Zaato further urged the government to take decisive action to end the destruction of the country’s forests caused by galamsey.
He maintained that the imprisonment of Chairman Wontumi would only have a lasting impact if it results in a comprehensive and impartial fight against illegal mining across the country.
By: Jacob Aggrey
