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About Telenurse Health Tips

The essence of life is to live a healthy, joyful and fulfilling life. Life becomes burdensome if one spends all the time and hard-earned income treating preventable ailments and diseases. As the saying goes, “prevention is better than cure”, on Telenurse Health Tips, our mission is to provide exceptional healthcare education and guidance whether it is improving quality, lowering costs or enhancing livelihood of the people in a given society. Hosted by a qualified and experienced Nurse, with advanced interpersonal communication skills and rich background in performance-driven healthcare solutions, Mother Diana as she is affectionately known and called, is the Telenurse who enlightens the masses about the known and the unknown “Medicare” topics and their preventive and curative measures.

Some of the topics featured on Telenurse Health Tips, includes but not limited to:

Washing of hands with soap under running water
Benefits of eating fruits and vegetables
The need for exercising
Smoking dependency
Arthritis
Self breast examination
Insomnia (sleeplessness)
Measles
Malaria Fever
Foot rot
Breast feeding related problems
Pregnancy related problems
Uterine fibroids
Infertility

Telenurse Health Tips has urged more and more people to pay attention to their healthcare needs and has aided patients to play an active role in the monitoring, diagnosis and treatment of ailments and diseases.

In commemorating nine (9) years of consistent and life-transforming education on television, the executive producers of the TV show will in the year 2020 launch brand new seasons and episodes of the Telenurse Health Tips in Four (4) other languages/dialects in addition to its original English language. By leveraging on the talents of the show host who is also multi-lingual, the all new Telenurse Health Tips will be read, anchored and delivered in Akan (Twi), Ewe, Ga and Pidgin-English, without voice dubs. This comes timely when the show has gained notoriety and has permeated every nook and cranny of many settlements and communities, especially in the West-African sub-region and has become a household voice that has aided in providing the needed first aid solutions to many.

Telenurse Health Tips®^™ …the no.1 health tips programme.

About Telenurse Interactive

Telenurse Interactive is an hour-long studio based talk-show on health and its related issues confronting many Ghanaians today. It features resource persons with diverse knowledge in science, environment, dermatology, pharmaceuticals, research, specialist consultants and many other qualified health professionals and officials to delve into topics of concern and bring out in-depth analysis that serve as both preventive and curative measures for the healthy life of the general public.

Telenurse Interactive is a dialogue involving everyone via LIVE broadcast, where viewers participate through phone-in segments, social media, SMS, Vox Pop dialogue with REAL PEOPLE and REAL SITUATIONS and in some instances, a docu-drama is filmed to elaborate on the ailments or topics discussed. “Telenurse Interactive” is proudly hosted by MOTHER DIANA.

Telenurse Interactive®^™ …sharing and spreading the news about healthy living and good life.

About Telenurse Outreaches

Telenurse Outreaches aims at promoting healthy living practices in rural communities and the hinterlands by mobilizing its team of Allied Health Professionals to educate community members, traditional leaders, people of Christian and Muslim faiths, traders at marketplaces and schools, about prevalent health issues that are common in Ghana. The Telenurse Outreach team during tours across the country oftentalk to men, women, and senior citizens thereby providing an important opportunity to find out about various health issues within the community, thereby referring those needing treatment to appropriate medical centers.

Topics covered include but not limited to: Family Planning methods, HIV/AIDS education, proper nutrition, diagnosis and symptoms of malaria, diabetes, hypertension and asthma, drug abuse, dental care and other communicable diseases like cholera, influenza and Ebola. The outreach team also provide free weighing and blood pressure checks to members of the community visited. Each Outreach activity is filmed and produced into a 30 minutes documentary package for broadcast on the Crystal TV channels.

About Telenurse Foundation

Telenurse Foundation is an independent charity committed to bringing about better health and healthcare for people in Ghana and the West African sub-region. The Foundation’s aim is to achieve a healthier population, supported by high quality healthcare that can be equitably accessed. From giving grants to those working at the front line to carrying out research and policy analysis, we shine a light on how to make successful change happen. We use what we know that works on the ground to inform effective policymaking and vice versa. The Telenurse Foundation believes good health and healthcare are key to a flourishing society. Through sharing what we learn, collaborating with others and building people’s skills and knowledge, we aim to make a difference and contribute to a healthier population. The Telenurse Foundation is devoted to making real social impact within local communities primarily in the provision of healthcare logistics support, education and income generation – the key building blocks for a good quality of life in a thriving community. We envision a society where every person is empowered to lead an informed, healthy and productive life.

About Telenurse Consulting

For many people, visiting a doctor is not something they enjoy doing. Even if you have an appointment, there is no guarantee that you will be able to see the doctor at the specified time. Sometimes you have to wait for hours because the doctor is running late or has to attend to an emergency. Having to endure a prolonged wait when you are already feeling ill is an unpleasant experience for most people. At Telenurse Consulting, we provide general consultation services where patients can meet with our healthcare professionals to obtainadvice on diagnosis, advice on management, or advice on referrals with recommendations and arrangements for a specific procedure or test in other reputable facilities.

At Telenurse Consulting, we encourage patients to undergo general consultation with us for these two key reasons:

Early detection – Although prevention is always better than cure, early detection gives any person a fighting chance even against dreaded diseases like cancer. A regular skin consultation, for instance, can help a dermatologist monitor new growths or changes to the skin such as transformations of moles or presence of lesions.
Recommendation or referral – Through medical consultation, a referral can be made in time to increase the likelihood of survival and allows medical professionals to easily manage both acute and chronic disease. Doctors will be able to impart preventive measures and other programs that can encourage a more proactive approach to the prevention, treatment, and management of diseases.

MyTelenurse Mobile App

MyTelenurse Mobile App is currently under development and will be made available for free download on Google Play Store and Apple App Store.

A healthy lifestyle is more than just proper nutrition and consistent exercise. Getting enough sleep, taking care of your body and mind, and managing things like medications and doctor’s appointments also play important roles in staying healthy. A good app like MyTelenurse can be a great way to manage it all. The app will conveniently give everyone easy access to daily Telenurse Health Tips in various languages, including free consultation and health advice.

COVID-19 Project

COVID-19 IN GHANA:
TELENURSE INVESTS MASSIVELY IN EDUCATION AND SENSITISATION CAMPAIGN

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus.

Following the outbreak of the newly discovered Coronavirus disease which was declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization - WHO, the Medical Media Group International - a global advocacy and awareness creation, non-profit, non-governmental organization aimed at promoting and encouraging good and healthy living lifestyles for all and sundry especially the vulnerable and less privileged in society, sought to invest massively in education and sensitization campaigns on precautionary, protective and preventive etiquettes against contracting the COVID-19 disease. This was done with funding support from the Telenurse Foundation, Medical Media Group International, the Crystal TV Group and Mother Diana herself.

Investing a budgeted amount of Seven Hundred and Twenty Thousand US Dollars (USD720,000), the Telenurse COVID-19 Project focused on various major tasks such as: Telenurse R&D to conduct thorough research on the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Ghana and other African states; Production of special editions of Telenurse Health Tips for TV and New Media in 5 languages (i.e., English, Pidgin-English Twi, Ga and Ewe) coupled with vigorous marketing, promotions and broadcast of the produced contents; Telenurse Outreaches visited families of infected persons who have been confirmed to have contracted COVID-19 and got their reactions filmed in a documentary production as part of the campaign on Covid-19 education.

The team also visited Churches, Mosques, Transport Terminals, Markets and Public places, etc. to sensitize the general public on preventive measures in protecting against the virus. The Telenurse Foundation provided support to Ghana’s Port Health Officials and frontline health workers by supplying Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs), including surgical nose masks, gloves and alcohol-based hand sanitizers. Telenurse Interactive partnered with the Ministry of Health, Ghana Health Service, Pharmacy Council of Ghana, Metropolitan Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) and other health agencies in running a comprehensive public education campaign.

BASIC PROTECTIVE MEASURES AGAINST THE NEW CORONAVIRUS

Most people who become infected experience mild illness and recover, but it can be more severe for others. Take care of your health and protect others by doing the following:

Wash your hands frequently and thoroughly with soap under running water
Maintain at least 2 meters of Social Distancing
Avoid touching your face, especially the nose, eyes and mouth
If you have fever, cough and difficulty breathing, you should seek medical attention immediately.

Get informed with latest information on the COVID-19 outbreak by following us on our social media handles: YouTube (mytelenurse), and Facebook (mytelenurse).

HELPING YOU UNDERSTAND ALL ABOUT CORONAVIRUS

Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment. Older people, and those with underlying medical problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer are more likely to develop serious illness.

The best way to prevent and slow down transmission is to be well informed about the COVID-19 virus, the disease it causes and how it spreads. Protect yourself and others from infection by washing your hands or using an alcohol-based rub frequently and not touching your face.

The COVID-19 virus spreads primarily through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose when an infected person coughs or sneezes, so it’s important that you also practice respiratory etiquette (for example, by coughing into a flexed elbow).