Ebenezer Akore Yeboah, a young Ghanaian medical practitioner who migrated to the UK two years ago, has received an award from the UK government.
According to a BBC story, Akore Yeboah was acknowledged for his dissertation study on reducing the carbon footprint of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS).
The Ghanaian nurse, who works as an emergency department nurse at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire and is also a PhD researcher at Coventry University, investigated ways to reduce single-use plastic trash, sort waste appropriately, and reduce power usage.
According to his findings, the NHS’s activities account for around 4% of England’s overall carbon footprint.
500 individuals from 56 nations participated in the study, which looked into how nurses’ work affects climate change.
This resulted in his receiving recognition and being invited to an international conference hosted by the Royal College of Nursing.
According to reports, Akore Yeboah’s research was motivated by a desire to discover answers to nurses’ contributions to climate change while on duty.
“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 was cited as saying by the BBC.
Following his research findings, the nurse advocated sustainability training for nurses and greener buying in the United Kingdom.
Akore Yeboah also acknowledged his pride in his accomplishment after just moving to the UK two years prior.
“It’s been a beautiful journey – the UK is a land of opportunity when I look at how much I’ve been able to achieve in just over two years.”
He went on to say, “In Ghana, I read about the RCN in textbooks and now I’m part of it and have won a national award” .
