During an interview on UTV on August 22, Dr. Samuel Amanamah, a Ghanaian urologist revealed that the average length of a male sex organ at age 18 is approximately 13 cm.
Emphasizing the importance of maintaining the health of the delicate body part, Dr. Amanamah advised men to be vigilant about their health as they age.
Dr. Amanamah acknowledged that individual sizes can vary, noting that while 13 cm is the average length at age 18, differences among individuals are normal.
“Everybody has a unique male organ. The average length of the male sex organ at age 18 should be 13cm. This may vary from individual to another.”
He stressed the significance of a healthy diet and lifestyle in preserving male organ health and preventing potential issues.
Females account for two-thirds of the unemployed in Ghana, according to the 2022 Annual Household Income and Expenditure Survey Third Quarter Labour Statistics Report, which was released on Wednesday, May 3, 2023.
The Government Statistician,Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, emphasized at the report launch that the high rates of female unemployment were not solely due to their gender.
He stated that the unemployment rate for females was almost double that of males. “Unemployment among females was close to twice of males,” he said.
In the first three quarters of last year, about 157,000 individuals, which accounted for roughly 13.2% of the labour force, experienced a spell of unemployment lasting one or more days.
Other findings
According to the report, around 7.5 million individuals held their jobs continuously for three quarters out of approximately 11 million employees in each quarter. This suggests that roughly 3.5 million individuals were experiencing employment fluctuations over the three quarters, indicating vulnerability.
67% of jobless Ghanaians are women
Another important discovery was that the likelihood of shifting from informal employment to unemployment is five times greater on average than transitioning from formal employment to unemployment.
In Q3, two out of every three individuals who were unemployed but had been employed in Q1 were in precarious employment during the first quarter.
Lastly, the group of people who are burdened by the triple threat of being unemployed, food insecure, and multidimensionally impoverished increased by almost 55,000 between Q2 and Q3.
Speech and Language Therapist, Zahrah Ibrahim has debunked claims that femalebabies develop speech swiftly than their male counterparts is a folk tale.
According to her, it was a myth in the olden days that made parents of male babies reluctant to seek help, even when their children could not speak.
Speaking on Prime Morning on Tuesday, the therapist asserted that child exposure is the major way to enhance speech development among children, rather than believing the myth.
“…it is a myth, actually. In the past, that’s what they were doing, and it made parents sit down and wait and say, because he’s a boy, let’s wait till he’s about 3 years old.”
“Just so you avoid this, expose your child as much as you can. Have conversations with your children. There are boys who pick up much faster than girls.
She implored parents to ignore the myth and intensify communication and understanding among their children, as it is the solution to improving their children’s speech.
The therapist also affirmed that early detection of the deficiency helps to rectify or avoid it.
Zahrah Ibrahim further attested to the fact that autism is one of the leading factors in language impairment. She added that some children without underlying conditions may also develop speech challenges.
“Currently, in the western world, we’re finding out that sometimes there may not be any medical condition, but there’s something we call DLD, a developmental language condition. That means that there isn’t any underlying cause, but the child is just finding it difficult to communicate,” she indicated.
Miss Zahrah further revealed that speech disorders in children could be genetic, as most kids inherit them from their parents, but they can be corrected.
According to her, the prevalence rate of children with communication difficulties is increasing, as 1 out of 5 schools in the country contain a child with speech difficulties.
