First Lady expresses concern about low awareness creation on cancers

Accra, Aug. 30, GNA - First Lady, Ernestina Naadu Mills, on Monday expressed concern about the little or no attention at all given to cancer as a disease compared to malaria, HIV and AIDS, and other communicable diseases.
She said a strong cancer prevention campaign and programme would greatly reduce the number of new cases that were occurring today and which continued to increase according to a research by the World Health Organisation.
"It is essential for government agencies to work with hospitals to create an avid and widespread cancer awareness campaign. It is through early detection, early screening, change in lifestyle and diet that we can successfully battle some of the prevalent cancers facing Ghana and Africa as a whole".
The First Lady expressed these concerns when she opened a two-day conference on "Cancer in Africa: Prevention, Cure and Treatment" in Accra.
She said cancer had been a serious public health issue affecting many people and was gradually gaining root, causing devastation and needed to be uprooted.

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