Deacon Ebenezer Akore Yeboah, an emergency department nurse in the United Kingdom, has received high commendation for his exceptional research work on climate change.
Deacon Akore Yeboah, who is an officer at the Pentecost International Worship Center (PIWC), Coventry, in line with the 2024 theme of The Church Of Pentecost, “A People of God Unleashed to Transform their World,” decided to transform his sphere by considering how to cut the waste of single-use plastics, properly sorting waste, and reducing power consumption.
With knowledge that the National Health System (NHS) accounts for 4% of England’s total carbon footprint and creates as many emissions each year as the whole of Croatia, the 27-year-old Ghanaian practicing as a nurse in the United Kingdom decided to focus his PhD research at the Coventry University on how he and his colleagues at the NHS could reduce their carbon footprint.
Reacting to the recognition from the Royal College of Nursing, Deacon Ebenezer Akore Yeboah indicated that he felt honored to be recognized by such a prestigious institution with over half a million members.
“I can see climate change happening all around us and globally, and when people are displaced by situations created by climate change, health professionals are the ones to look after them, and when we are doing that we are adding to the carbon footprint,” he said.
He went on to add that he wishes his research would help empower nurses to have the ability to fight climate change as they and other health workers play a key role in fighting climate change and its negative effects.
“I want this research to help empower nurses to be able to fight climate change, and we all need to do our bit,” Ebenezer Akore Yeboah uttered.
Ebenezer Akore Yeboah moved to the United Kingdom two years after becoming a nurse in Ghana and has been practicing in Coventry and Warwick.
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