{"id":461453,"date":"2018-02-05T09:21:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T09:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/05\/ngos-donate-to-the-oncology-department-of-kath-on-world-cancer-day\/"},"modified":"2018-02-05T09:21:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T09:21:25","slug":"ngos-donate-to-the-oncology-department-of-kath-on-world-cancer-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/05\/ngos-donate-to-the-oncology-department-of-kath-on-world-cancer-day\/","title":{"rendered":"NGOs donate to the Oncology Department of KATH on World Cancer Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday,  5 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Daniel Kaku<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-05<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/93586057.295.jpg\" alt=\"Cancer 7\" title=\"Cancer 7\" width=\"295\" height=\"221\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Barnabas, a staff at the pediatric oncology unit, receiving the items on behalf of the hospital<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1517822485_239_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">World Cancer Day is an international day marked on February, 4 every year to raise awareness on cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The day which was set aside by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) is to increase awareness and education on cancer with the slogan &#8220;We can,I can&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s World Cancer Day event was held in Kumasi and two non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Zurak Cancer Foundation (ZCF) and Institute of Research and Community Planning Ghana (IRCP_GH), partnered to donate some items to the pediatric Oncology Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The ZCF team was led by Mr. Mohammed Abubakar Sadik, who is the Deputy Ashanti Regional Director for ZCK and the IRCP_GH team was led by Mr. Farhan Safyan, the Executive Director of the IRCP_GH organization.<\/p>\n<p>The two teams together donated items consisting of cartons of milk, kalyppo drinks, bottled voltic mineral water,boxes of biscuits, washing powder and packs of toilet rolls.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Barnabas, a staff at the pediatric oncology unit, received the items on behalf of the hospital<\/p>\n<p>The members of the two organizations interacted with the patients and their care-takers and shared some words of motivation and encouragement.<\/p>\n<p>The staff, as well as the patients in the unit, were appreciative of the donation as it was apparent by the smiles on their faces.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 57 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Monday, 5 February 2018 Source: Daniel Kaku 2018-02-05 Barnabas, a staff at the pediatric oncology unit, receiving the items on behalf of the hospital World Cancer Day is an international day marked on February, 4 every year to raise awareness on cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. 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