Sara Nana Yeboah
Sara Nana Yeboah | |
|---|---|
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Nurse |
| Institutions | Ridge Hospital |
Sara Nana Yeboah popularly referred to as the "Florence Nightingale of Africa", is a Ghanaian nurse, philanthropist and social entrepreneur. In 2017, she was awarded Ghana's Most Outstanding Associate Clinician (Ward) at the 2017 HELEH Africa People's Choice Practitioners Honours held in Kumasi.[1][2][3]
Career
[edit]Yeboah is a professional nurse. As of 2014, she was a senior nurse officer at Ridge Hospital in Accra.[4] She is currently the chief executive officer of Sangy Nursing Services, a private nursing firm.[5][6]
Philanthropy
[edit]Yeboah co-founded and is the vice President of The Sangy Foundation,[6] a non-governmental organisation which raises the hopes of young people and works towards creating opportunities for them. Through her foundation, Yeboah has renovated schools, ran health campaigns and screenings, painted dilapidated hospital buildings and libraries and registered children onto the National Insurance Scheme across the country.[1][7][8] Some of the schools her organisation has helped renovate include Nwasua M/A Primary and Junior high schools in the Brong-Ahafo Region and Kotei RC Primary School in Kumasi.[9][10]
Awards
[edit]She has won several awards for her work.[7][11][5][2][8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Sara Nana Yeboah Talks To Akpah Prince". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ a b "Sara Nana Yeboah awarded". News Ghana. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ "Sara Nana Yeboah; A Florence Nightingale from Africa". Konnect Africa. 2014-06-25. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ "'Examine breasts regularly for abnormalities'". Graphic Online. 2014-04-21. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ a b "Camfed Ghana Honours Sara Nana Yeboah". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ a b "Sara Nana Yeboah Receives 2015 Africa Reconnects Award". www.ghanaweb.com. 2015-05-19. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ a b "Sara Nana Yeboah Awarded Most Outstanding Associate Ward Clinician". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ a b "2015 Africa Reconnects Award Goes To Sara Nana Yeboah". News Ghana. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ "Sangy Foundation renovates school in Kumasi". Today Newspaper. 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ "Church and NGO Support Education in Brong Ahafo". ghananewsagency.org. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ "Sara Nana Yeboah Receives 2015 Africa Reconnects Award". m.peacefmonline.com. Retrieved 2019-10-13.