GHANA RECORDS 3K CERVICAL CANCER CASES YEARLY-GMA PREZ

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The Ghana Medical Association, GMA, has reported that about three thousand new cases of cervical cancers are reported at hospitals in Ghana every year. Out of this figure, two thousand of the patients are unable to survive the disease due to late detection and reporting for treatment and management. 

The President of the GMA, Dr. Frank Ankobea, disclosed this in Kumasi at the commemoration of the 2019 World Cancer Day. The event, which was being held in Ghana for the first time, was on the theme “I am I will” with a focus on encouraging everyone to show interest in the crusade against the increasing cases of cancer of all forms.

 The GMA President, who is also an Obstetrician Gynecologist, was emphatic that Cervical Cancer is a sexually transmitted disease that is preventable. He noted that, the disease is the only female cancer, caused by the HPV,  that is preventable and wondered why there has not been much effort at halting its contraction in society. 

Dr. Ankobea noted that girls who engage in sex before age 16 or give birth before 20 years old as well as females with multiple sex partners as being highly exposed to contracting the disease. 

He therefore advised girls to delay their sexual intercourse and also their child birth among other tendencies to reduce their risk level of getting cervical cancer. He suggested to government to include its treatment and care in the National Health Insurance Scheme to provide financial relief to the sufferers in view of the high cost of care.  



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