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General News of Sunday, June 9, 2019
Source: Ghananewsagency.org
2019-06-09
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Samuel Kwakye, director of the East Region's Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), says that sending someone under the age of 18 to buy tobacco and tobacco products.
Again, anti-smoking laws in public places would be strictly enforced to help protect society from significant harm caused by tobacco to the body.
This was part of a speech read on behalf of Mr. Kwakye on the occasion of the World No Tobacco Day in Koforidua and Ghana's non-communicable disease awareness program here in Kumasi.
The program was organized by the Ghana Stroke Association Support Network (SASNET-Ghana) in collaboration with the Ghana Alliance for Noncommunicable Diseases (GhNCDA).
Dr. Armel Abu, regional coordinator of noncommunicable diseases in the east of the country, said that two out of ten people who visited the hospital in the eastern region suffered from noncommunicable diseases.
He explained that the main problems affecting the cause of noncommunicable diseases are smoking, unhealthy eating, physical inactivity and alcohol abuse.
Dr. Abu said that the Koforidua Regional Hospital had set up a system allowing healthy people to check their blood pressure, sugar levels and other medical examinations in order to control the condition. impact of NCDs in the region.
He added that the regional hospital runs various NCD specialized clinics so that people with NCDs can access treatment.
Mr. Ebenezer Ad-Adams, National Vice President of GhNCDA, called for respect for the rights of people with NCDs.
He called for efforts to ensure that the national health insurance scheme covers the entire treatment of NCDs in order to help people living with the disease.
Mr. Ad-Adams called for meaningful involvement of people with NCDs in the development of NCD treatment policies and programs.
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