Mr Mohammed Adjei Sowah, the Accra Metropolitan Chief Executive, has lauded the Urban Health Initiative’s commitment to achieve its goal of creating awareness and engaging stakeholders to improve air quality in the city.
He said the communities’ involvement in the programme had given hope of achieving positive results to improve air quality in Accra and reducing deaths and diseases associated with air pollution.
Mr Sowah said this at the opening of a two-day Urban Health Initiative Science-Policy dialogue series on the theme: “Saving lives by linking health, environment and sustainable development” to assess the progress of the initiative, which had been piloted in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area since 2018.
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Mr. Mohammed Adjei Sowah, the Accra Metropolitan Chief Executive has opened Urban Health Initiative (UHI) science-policy dialogue series to help promote quality air to save the lives of the citizenry.
The dialogue is on the theme: “Saving Lives by Linking Health, Environment and Sustainable Development.”
The Urban Health Initiative is a project led by the World Health Organisation in collaboration with international implementation partners such as the UN-Habitat and ICLEI with support from the Norway Government and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC).
The local Ghanaian partners are the Ghana Health Service, Environmental Protection Agency, the Ghana Education Service, Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Energy Commission, Academia, Civil Society Organisations and other Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies.
Five members of UChicago community receive Diversity Leadership Awards
Jan 12, 2021 Faculty, alumni, staff and student winners to be recognized during 2021 MLK commemoration
Every year, the University of Chicago honors members of the UChicago community who demonstrate leadership and a sustained commitment to justice and equality. In addition to faculty, alumni and staff, this year’s Diversity Leadership Awards also recognize the contributions of UChicago students.
This year’s recipients are Prof. Anita Blanchard, MD’90; Rami Nashashibi, AM’98, PhD’11; Jessica Jaggers of Chicago Booth; and UChicago students Nova Smith and Demetrius Johnson Jr. They will be honored Jan. 12 during a virtual celebration of UChicago’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration.
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An $8 million donation from a North Chicago drugmaker is intended to reduce health care disparities in Black communities on the South Side.
AbbVie’s donation, announced Wednesday, will boost efforts by University of Chicago Medicine’s Urban Health Initiative to build relationships with community leaders and organizations, with the goal of improving the quality of care for South Side residents.
Most of the money will go toward hiring 14 community health workers who will stay connected with patients once they leave the hospital or primary care office. Those workers will be part of the new Liaison in Care program, who help keep patients educated about their care.