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Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of Breast Care International.

Breast Care International team and community women in pink at a health-education gathering in Ghana, in front of a BCI banner

board members

Dr. Beatrice Wiafe-Addai, MD, PhD
President
Dr. Wiafe is an internationally recognized and multiple-award winning breast cancer specialist, working primarily in Ghana and West Africa, where breast cancer incidence rates are disproportionately high and women often do not have access to the care they need. Her medical career has spanned three decades, the last eighteen of which she has devoted exclusively to breast cancer awareness and prevention, working in both the public and private health sectors in Ghana.
Dr. Wiafe serves as the Specialist Consultant and Surgeon in breast cancer management at the Peace and Love Hospitals in Accra and Kumasi, a hospital she founded and developed into a robust resource centre for the diagnosis, treatment, counselling, rehabilitation and research of breast cancer, cervical cancer, hepatitis infections, hypertension, diabetes and renal dialysis among others.
Dr. Wiafe’s commitment to public education and awareness-creation for breast cancer led her to expand her work to the charitable sector in Ghana over eighteen years ago. Recognizing that ignorance, stigma and lack of access around breast cancer more fatal to the women of Ghana than the disease itself, which is highly treatable with early diagnosis, Dr. Wiafe founded Breast Care International in Ghana, the country’s only patient-driven NGO committed to awareness creation, education, screening, counselling, and advocacy on breast cancer. Today, the organization is Ghana’s leading breast cancer awareness charity.
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Mrs. Theodosia W. Jackson
Board Member
Mrs. Jackson is the Co-founder and the Principal of Jackson Educational Complex which include Jackson College of Education (JCE) and Jackson Institute of Innovation and Leadership (JIIL). She is an Educationist and a Renowned Counselor with over thirty-five (35) years' experience both in Ghana and abroad. Over thousands of schoolchildren and students have gone through her hands and are now in various fields of studies and occupation across the country and abroad. Mrs. Jackson is one of the people who believe that discipline is the structure that helps the child fit into the real world happily and effectively. It is no wonder that discipline is her hallmark.
Mrs. Felicia Danquah
Board Member
Dr. Lawrencia Dsane Bawuah
Board Member
Dr. Lawrencia Dsane Bawuah is a gynecologist working in the field of gynecological oncology with over 15 years experience in working in obstetrics and gynecology. She is very passionate about her work. She has the wellbeing of the female patient at heart and dedicated to improving healthcare provision for the less fortunate. She is also active in the field of maternal and childcare issues. As part of her clinical practice, she also trains colleagues in acute obstetrics and operative gynecology. In her current role of practicing general obstetrics and gynecology, Dr. Dsane Bawuah has always been committed to patient education, evidence-based practice, and the teaching of medical students and residents. With Stitching Berekum she gives training in both obstetrics and gynecology to medical staff in Ghana. As a gynecologist, she is affiliated with the Peace and Love hospitals where she is a consultant. Dr. Dsane Bawuah is also involved with Breast Care International and takes part in the yearly awareness creation programs organized by BCI. She is excited to be a board member.
Prof. Edward Debrah Wiafe
Board Member
Prof. Edward Debrah Wiafe is currently the Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development Somanya, Ghana. He obtained his Ph.D. Student in Wildlife Management from University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana. He has 10 publications in journals and, 4 conference proceedings and 1 technical report as author/co-author. He also attended many workshops and training classes. He is active member of International Primatological Society, Ghana Institute Foresters, and Society for Conservation Biology. His area of interest focuses on Primates Conservation, Conservation Biology and Ecotourism, Human- Wildlife Conflict Management, Natural Resource Management, and Forest and Wildlife Ecology.
Prof. Tony Opoku-Agyemang
Board Member
Prof. Opoku-Agyemang currently works for the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, which he joined in 2009 as a lecturer in Gross Anatomy and Histology. He has several years’ experience in different positions as Veterinary Surgeon, Veterinary Medical and Public Health Consultant, Lecturer and Researcher with various institutions and organisations including the Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology, Falcon Sales and Commerce Limited, NanoBio Research Centre, RPSi/Zaimka Hunting Lodge, Moscow, Russian Federation. He is a member of the Ghana Veterinary Medical Association, Commonwealth Veterinary Medical Association, Ghana Science Association, Anatomical Society of Ghana, Russian Association of Practicing Veterinary Surgeons, AllRussian Scientific Society of Anatomists, Histologists and Embryologists (RSSAHE) and Breast Care International.
Nana Antwi Darkwah
Board Member
Nana Antwi Darkwah, is the CEO of Hawkrad Properties, he is a serial entrepreneur, having established several successful businesses in mining, media, construction education and healthcare with business concerns sprawled across West and South Africa. Nana holds a BSc.
Hon. Elizabeth Agyemang
Board Member
Hon. Elizabeth Agyemang is a Ghanaian politician and was a member of the Parliament of Ghana. She represented Oforikrom in the Ashanti region of Ghana. She is a member of the New Patriotic Party and the Former Deputy Minister of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Prof. (Mrs.) Margaret Frempong
Board Member
She is a Professor of Immunology at the department of Molecular Medicine at School Of Medical Science and Dentistry at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).
Mrs. Ekua Annan
Board Member
Mr. Mark Anthony Boahene
Board Member
Dr. Jules Schagen van Leeuwen
Board Member
Dr. Jules Schagen van Leeuwen is a consultant in the Netherlands and a member of the following organisations; Nederlandse Vereniging voor Medische Polemologie, International Physicians for the, Prevention of Nuclear War, Koninklijke Nederlandse Maatschappij tot bevordering der, Geneeskunst (KNMG), Federatie Medisch Specialisten (FMS), Nederlandse Vereniging voor Tropische Geneeskunde, Nederlandse Vereniging voor Obstetrie en Gynaecologie (NVOG), Werkgroep Psychosomatische Obstetrie en Gynaecologie (WPOG) NVOG, Werkgroep, Oncologische Gynaecologie (WOG) NVOG, Werkgroep bekkenbodem NVOG, Werkgroep Historie NVOG, Working Party on International Safe Motherhood & Reproductive Health, International UroGynecological Association (IUGA), European Society of Gynecological Oncology (ESGO), American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). He is also the Chairman of committee for Berekum Hospital, Ghana; www.berekum.nl