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Health staff in Northern Region schooled on benefits of eggs

The Ghana National Eggs Campaign Secretariat (GNECS) has organized a training workshop for health staff, particularly, nutrition officers in the Northern Region on the benefits of egg consumption. According to the Secretariat, the training is to help educate nutrition officers in the region on the importance of eggs and along with their health benefits. The nutrition officers, in turn, are expected to sensitize the public on the benefits of same. Speaking to the media in Tamale; the Northern Regional capital, Comfort Kyerewaa Acheampong, the National Coordinator of the Ghana National Eggs Campaign Secretariat said, the Secretariat found it necessary to collaborate with the Ghana Health Service (GHS), especially the nutrition department, in order to educate the public on the importance of eating eggs. It is also to help dispel the myths surrounding the consumption of eggs among some people in the country. This Particular training is specifically for nutrition officers of the Ghana Healt...