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Ghana Health Service, African Field Epidemiology Network organise Covid-19 children quiz

&NewLine;<p>Ghana Health Service &lpar;GHS&rpar; and The African Field Epidemiology Network &lpar;AFENET&rpar; have organised a COVID-19  quiz for Children’s education&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p> The quiz held at the ground auditorium of Health Promotion <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Division Headquarters<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>It is the first of its kind in a series tailored towards educating children on the safety protocols on COVID-19&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The organizers say it is aimed  to ensure that children are not left out of <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wsj&period;com">COVID-19 <&sol;a>health education&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The Division embarked on this new mission with emphases on children&period; They see children as ambassadors of change to be engaged in health education promotion and social marketing of health&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Questions asked were reflective of  frequent handwashing with soap under running water for at least 20 seconds&period; The use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers&comma; good respiratory etiquette&comma; social distancing&comma; personal hygiene added up the questions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The quiz which was a keenly contested saw Nathan Nana Yaw Nyamekye emerge as the winner for the contest&period; In all&comma; six &lpar;6&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">children<&sol;a> took part in the contest with participants taking away a variety of amazing prizes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Speaking to Kingdom News&comma; the Director of the Health Promotion Division of the Ghana Health Service&comma; Dr&period; DaCoasta Aboagye who also doubles as the leader of National COVID-19 Risk Communication and Social Mobilization stressed that the purpose of the quiz was to ensure that children were involved in COVID-19 education through knowledge sharing&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He also expressed joy in the brilliant performance exhibited by the children and the enthusiasm the children showed whilst answering questions and partaking in this exercise&period;&nbsp&semi; Dr&period; Da Costa used the opportunity to admonished parents to help their wards at home gain more knowledge about COVID-19 and its preventive measures and also encouraged other stakeholders to adopt such strategies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The children who took part in this exercise also expressed their gratitude to the Health <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Promotion Division of the Ghana Health Service and AFENET<&sol;a> for organizing the quiz which also served as a learning opportunity for them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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