Okere District: Widows And Aged Receives Pieces Of Clothes And Free Health Care Support From Adinkra Diaspora Women Organisation (NGO)
As part of measures to eradicate or to reduce drastically the alarming rate of Hepatitis B at which people are dying through hepatitis B in the country, a medical doctor at Eastern Regional hospital koforidua ( ERHK ) Nancy Gyamerah has noted that Prayer camps and spirituality are not the primary source for providing solution to the increasing number of Hepatitis B cases in Ghana.
HIV/AIDS epidemic, malaria and some chronic diseases have infected and killed millions in Sub-Saharan Africa , but another infection, more silent and insidious has also destroyed millions of African lives yet has received little attention from the global community which is hepatitis B. It is a major public health problem globally, particularly in developing countries and has leads to marginalisation, neglect and sometimes accusations of being evil are some of the inhuman things leveled against persons affected in the country and it's against this backdrop a medical doctor at Eastern Regional hospital koforidua ( ERHK ) Nancy Gyamerah has noted that Prayer camps and spirituality are not the primary source for providing solution to the increasing number of Hepatitis B cases in Ghana.
She however urged churches in the country to invites medical practitioners to their churches to educate the church members on their health condition.
Dr. Nancy Gyamerah, a medical doctor revealed this to journalist in an interview on the sidelines of the 3rd anniversary celebration of Adinkra Diaspora Women on awareness creation of Hepatitis B, health screening and distribution of items to aged and widows people's at Akuapem Adukrom in the Okere district of the eastern region.
On her part, the secretary for Adinkra Diaspora Women association Eugenia Malan in an interview reiterated the rational behind the objectives of the association.
She urged Ghanaians to refrain from labelling and denouncing the aged as witches during their old age and such practice of tagging old people as witches should be stopped.
On his part Dr. / Pharm Ernest Enyan in an interview noted that, the deadly Hepatitis B disease has no cure still in a existence and has implored Ghanaians not to be misled by the negative narrative about the Hepatitis B vaccines as the jabs remain the only protection against the impact of the disease.
However Mrs. Sheila Ohene, a member from Denmark called on women especially those outside the country to come to their aid and help them to achieve the vision of the association whilst some beneficiaries also express their profound gratitude to the association.