Mr Obed Asare Bediako, the Chief Executive Officer of Reprocan Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organisation, has called for more action to close the inequality in access to prevention, diagnosis, care and treatment of cancer.
He said that was the surest way of achieving the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) target of reducing cancer deaths by 25 per cent by the 2025.
Mr Asare Bediako made the call when the NGO organised a free medical screening in Accra on Sunday as part of activities marking this year’s World Cancer Day.
It was on the theme; “Awareness and Early Detection: The Key to Fighting Cancer (We Can Do).”
Some of the diseases screened were prostate cancer, cervical cancer, breast cancer, sugar level, malaria and blood pressure.
Mr Asare Bediako said cancer was not a mystic disease and that 90 per cent could be cured if detected early.
He, therefore, urged Ghanaians to go for regular check-ups in order to detect or know their health status.
In 2012, the Union for International Cancer Control reported an estimated 14.1 million cases, 8.2 million deaths and 32.6 million people living with the disease in the last five years of diagnosis worldwide.
Mr Asare Bediako said the NGO also supported charity work and the training of nurses in the country.
GNA
