NAHSAG General Secretary Hints: RESOLVE WITH THE 3D PHENOMENON - DETERMINATION, DEDICATION AND DISCIPLINE!

I made a promise to myself five years ago.

I made more prominent ones three years back. 

I can vividly recall those resounding resolutions I made last year's eve night. 

How I can see myself making mind blowing ones as we patrol joyfully into the coming new year. 

I keep on smiling to myself;

Trying to bring to bear how these resolutions have changed my life and humanity to a better state of life. 

No! No! No! Not so fine with me; and I know you may share in my sentiments so well.

Inasmuch as my heart bleeds, I weep bitterly for the number of times I failed to say 'thank You Lord for the gift of life'. 

For how ungrateful I have been to my Omnipotent Father and those around me;

And you and I should bow down our heads in shame for not appreciating those talents, opportunities and blessings that came in attempt of embracing us in the year.

Notwithstanding how shy and depressed you may be like I am,

Know surely within yourself;

That you are the only one that can change the world,

To the way you deem it fit. 

All you have to do is to purpose a change in your heart;

Smile to each day like never before;

Feel great about yourself;

Doing the best you can;

In all places you can;

At all the Times you can;

As much as you can;

Knowing that you are changing the world around you;

And reaching your resolution each day at a time.

Share your smile with the world;

And the world will smile back at you.

Maybe you have not thought of it;

That many desirable souls couldn't encounter what we have today.

Do you think that promotion, academic excellence, anniversary, appointment, and so on and forth is by your own accomplishments? If I were you, I will join the psalmist to say "not unto us o Lord, 

Not unto us, 

But unto Your name be Glory, 

Because of your kindness, 

Because of your truth".

Beloved over-comer, we can't just say with our mouths what we comprehend in a day because of some transient emotions and say we have resolved.

We need discerning hearts and minds with thorough reflections and conclusions to make a resolution and to see to it's accomplishment.

You need that conscious effort because when the heart conceives it, it can be achieved with the grace of God. 

O yes! The year ahead is a blessed one; 

We decree and declare;

And it will be better than any other experienced before with the supreme blessing of the Almighty. 

Let us all accelerate with full vim and with the 3D phenomenon - Discipline, Determination, and Dedication - to reach our highest potential. I believe I can do it.

So should you.

Safe journey to the year Two Thousand and Fifteen. Welcome 2016. Have a blossom stay.

Wishing you A blessed New Year in Advance.

Sampson Kafui Djonor

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kadjnrsampson@gmail.com

SEASONAL MESSAGE!

Date: 25th December, 2015.

From: National Executive Council (NEC) of NAHSAG

To: Members & General Public

Topic: WISHING YOU A HEALTHY & BLESSED CHRISTMAS

The season of the commemoration of the Birth of Jesus Christ is one which reminds all how God the Father, though divine, shares in our humanity.

The period brings to bear the virtues of true love, humility, obedience, patience and total surrender to the will of the Most High God, of which all mankind need to exhibit.

With the joyous celebration the season is associated with, National Health Students' Association of Ghana (NAHSAG) entreats all to reach out to the desolate, poor and needy as our joy is made complete in making others happy. Remember: the wise men carried out their gold, frankincense and myrrh.

Whilst it is superb to celebrate in such a time, all must desist from excessive intake of alcohol, refrain from being gourmands and abandon all forms of unacceptable and immoral behaviors including unprotected sexual intercourse.

To prevent road traffic accidents, drivers are encouraged to drive carefully with all vigilance. Passengers should exercise patience and offer helpful and constructive advices to their drivers when the need arises; whilst all road traffic controllers do their work honestly and diligently.

We pray that all your heart desires be fulfilled in the season with all good health, blessings and abundant riches in the Lord. All should note that 'your health is your wealth' and that whatever you do during such moments have indirect impact on a life of tomorrow.

Wishing you a healthy Christmas in all dimensions. Hurrayy!!!


Signed

Sampson Kafui Djonor
General Secretary

Amoakohene Frank (BMS)
President

Peter Worlasi Adanu
PMRO

NAHSAG JOINS TO CELEBRATE WORLD AIDS DAY (1ST DECEMBER, 2015)

NAHSAG JOINS TO CELEBRATE WORLD AIDS DAY (1ST DECEMBER, 2015)

It is noteworthy that today marks WORLD AIDS day, and the National Health Students' Association of Ghana (NAHSAG), future stakeholders of the health sector, join in the celebration with her formidable and united front to combat this deadly disease.
The theme for this year’s celebration is “GETTING TO ZERO” thus zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths. It is a day for taking stock of the challenges that humanity have faced and is still facing because of HIV/AIDS, and for celebrating our successes in supporting the people affected by the pandemic. World AIDS Day is also a day when we make a firm commitment to sustain the achievements of the past decades, and do more and better to reach further for the eventual victory over HIV/AIDS.

We have lived with this pandemic for more than three decades. We have seen the high death toll, dislocation of many families, the reduced life spans in hard-hit countries, the increase in child mortality and the millions of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS. We have also seen the pain suffered by people who are stigmatized and discriminated against because of their HIV-positive status, and hence excluded from accessing the support, care and treatment services they so desperately need.
HIV/AIDS as a global pandemic has brought immense devastation around the world. Statistically, 1.2 million people worldwide died of AIDS-related illnesses in 2014. By the end of 2014, an estimated 36.9 million people around the world were living with HIV according to UNAIDS.

Not only is HIV/AIDS an impediment to development but it renders affected individuals and their communities vulnerable. HIV/ AIDS is a health, social and economic problem that should be of concern to all and sundry.
Though incurable, several efforts have been made to find not lasting but sustaining solutions to this disheartening disease in the form of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) to lengthen the life of those who unfortunately have the disease and to give the requisite information that the average individual needs to obviate any acts that may result in acquiring HIV/AIDS. In addition, humanity has also worked hard to address the pandemic and find ways to ease this suffering.

The biomedical discoveries, the global efforts in making available unprecedented funds and the expansion of preventive, treatment, care and support services to millions affected by HIV/AIDS have improved the quality of life and stabilized the pandemic in many countries. Antiretroviral treatment is now available to all who need it.
Though prevention messages have been expanded to the level needed, however, people living with HIV are still discriminated against. Many governments have not yet put in place supportive policies for implementation of harm reduction programs for injecting drug users. There are many more tasks we need to do.
We hear of many encouraging scientific advances, for example, that properly administered antiretroviral treatment can effectively prevent HIV infection, and there is immediate hope of finding a therapy to eradicate HIV from an infected person’s body. We look forward to seeing a day full of hope and smiles on the faces of families and friends stigmatized by this deadly disease.

These achievements and progress must not be halted by economic uncertainty created by the financial crisis of our dear country. NAHSAG therefore, strongly calls on all organizations (local and international) to do all possible to fund global HIV programs to ensure the sustainability of the gains of the past decades, and intensify future efforts to stop the pandemic. NAHSAG fully supports the UNAIDS vision of achieving zero new HIV infections, zero AIDS-related deaths and zero discrimination by 2015.  In view of this, our role as NAHSAG and stakeholders of the health sector is to combat the stigma and discrimination, and protect the rights and entitlement of people living with this incurable disease. 

Each member of this renowned association today is being charged to be an advocate and ambassador in his/her pursuit as a way of contributing to making the commemoration of today’s HIV/AIDS day a success.       
NAHSAG this day urges all potential health providers and health professionals to minimise the incidence of HIV/AIDS; as it is epochal and prudent for us to prevent rather than add to the rise in incidence.
It is in the light of this that NAHSAG will concur with Bill Clinton that, “we live in a completely interdependent world, which simply means we cannot escape from each other”. How we respond to AIDS depends, in part, on whether we understand this interdependence. It is not someone else’s problem. This is everybody’s problem”.
Let us hasten to add that still HIV is transmitted through blood and blood products; that

AIDS IS REAL; and hence BE WISE; BE SMART; ABSTAIN; AND PROTECT YOURSELF.
Long Live the Health Student!
Long Live NAHSAG!!
Long Live Ghana!!!
THANK YOU.

Signed:
Sampson Kafui Djonor
General Secretary

Frank Amoakohene
President

Peter Adanu Worlasi
Public and Media Relations Officer

NAHSAG President hits hard on World AIDS Day Celebration...

As the world celebrates the first ever Global Health day which started in 1988 (World AIDS day), The President of the National Health Students Association of Ghana, BMS Amoakohene Frank, has raised serious concerns as to why resources are mainly only spent on celebrating World AIDS day when it seems the world is gradually losing the battle against HIV/AIDS on the face of the number of individuals catching the infection every now and then.

“I really do appreciate the effort of all stakeholders over the years towards

NAHSAG Adopts a 5 year Policy Plan

NAHSAG President, Amoakohene Frank Addressing all Stakeholders

NAHSAG at the just ended congress, adopted a 5 year policy plan which is aimed at directing the course of development of association towards achieving various set goals in the fifteenth year since the inception in 2005 thus by the year 2020.

This documents looked at areas including