Chairperson for the Ghana Non-Communicable Diseases Alliance (GhNCDA), Dr. Mrs. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, has admonished fathers to be more health conscious. She said Ghanaians must cultivate the habit of routine check-up to detect potentially life-threatening health conditions early to increase chances of treatment and cure. Dr. (Mrs.) Beatrice Wiafe Addai, who’s also the President and Founder of Breast Care International made the call in her presentation at the 2022 World Sickle Day Celebration, (that coincided with Father’s Day) at Donyina in the Ashanti Region.
Dignitaries in a group picture
Chief of Donyina, Nana Osei Dankwa Brafour III
The meeting was hosted by ANAQ Foundation in collaboration with Breast Care International, Peace and Love Hospital and Donyima Steel Complex. The meeting was chaired by the Chief of Donyina, Nana Osei Dankwa Brafour III, and in attendance were the Ashanti Regional Minister, Hon Simon Osei Mensah, and the Chief Executive Officer of Donyima Steel Complex, Mr. Peter Atta Bimpeh, Assembly Members and politicians and government officials of the Ejisu Municipal Assembly and other stakeholders.
Mrs. Ama Nyarko Atefua Quainoo, who’s a Sickle Cell patient herself, used her personal experience to advise Persons living with SCD and other NCDs to take good care of themselves, and also advised parents to take care of their children with SCD to ensure they live longer.
Mrs. Ama Nyarko Atefua Quainoo, President ANAQ Foundation
Dr. Mrs. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, Consultant Breast Surgeon educated the participants on breast cancer, diabetes, hypertension and sickle cell disease (SCD) (all form part of the NCDs). “These diseases are responsible for several COVID-19 deaths in the country and they deserve more attention by way of resource allocations and planned program of action to mitigate their impact on society,” she added.