Goasomanhene has challenged traditional rulers within his jurisdiction to leverage their wide-ranging influence and join the national campaign to care for cancer patients. Nana Kwasi Bosomprah said the fight against cancer should not be left for a few individuals like Dr. Mrs. Wiafe Addai, but be treated as a national ‘canker’ that needs concerted effort by all.
Nana Akwasi Bosomprah I
Nana Bosomprah also dispelled the notion that cancers are caused by witchcraft and urged his people to visit the hospital if they notice an unusual lump in their breasts. He appealled to the government to set up cancer treatment centres in the district capitals across Ghana, equipped with the needed resources and logistics needed to support cancer education. Goasomanhene was speaking at the 2022 World Cancer Day which was marked at Goaso in the Ahafo Region on the theme “Close the care gap.”
Ghana’s version was marked with a mammoth durbar by the Chiefs and people of Goaso under the auspices of Breast Care International (BCI) to highlight awareness, take stock of successes recorded, and plot a path to overcome impediments in the campaign against cancers.
Dr. (Mrs.) Beatrice Wiafe Addai
BCI Founder and President, Dr. Mrs. Beatrice Wiafe Addai said it would take an integrated approach by the Government, NGOs, Private sector and all stakeholders to evolve cancer-reduction strategies aimed at providing greater access to care for the poor and vulnerable. Dr. Addai indicated that “cancers in Ghana could be significantly reduced if Charities operating within that space are assisted with adequate resources and logistics to reach the hinterland where the condition is pervasive, due to abject poverty and ignorance”.