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Accra, Nov. 12, GNA
– Staff of Ecobank Ghana and various stakeholders on Saturday held a health
walk to draw public attention to non-communicable diseases (NCD) and their
prevention and treatment.

The walk is also to
mark world Diabetes Day, which falls on 14th November, 2019.

Ecobank on October 5
this year launched a three-year health campaign on the theme: “Preventing
Non-Communicable Diseases in African Communities.”

The four-kilometre
walk, which had representatives from the Ministry of Health, and the Ghana
Health Services and the National Diabetes Association as well as the NCD
Alliance, took the participants from the Ecobank Head office through the
Ministries to the Osu Military Cemetery area.

 Mr Daniel Sackey, the Managing Director of
Ecobank Ghana, said the walk was to further raise awareness on non-communicable
diseases, adding that, the main objective was to enhance the prevention,
management and control of NCDs among staff and stakeholders.

He encouraged the
staff and stakeholders to cultivate the habit of staying active and healthy.

NCDs are chronic
diseases which are not passed from person to person. The main types are
cardiovascular diseases (like heart attacks or strokes), all cancers,
respiratory diseases (e.g. asthma); diabetes; and mental and neurological
health conditions (including depression and dementia).

NCDs are already the
leading cause of death worldwide and the number of cases is growing rapidly
across Africa.

According to the
World Health Organisation NCDs are responsible for over 30 per cent of all
reported adult deaths in most African countries.

Substantial evidence
shows that higher levels of physical activity lower the risks of getting
several cancers and other NCDs.

GNA


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