By Emelia B. Addae, GNA
Oda Nkwanta (E/R), Jan. 29, GNA – Madam
Gloria Ofosuhene Amoako Abrokwa a founding member of Akomaa Foundation a non
-profitable organization, has called on the public to undergo regular health
screening for early detection of diseases.
She said though death was an inevitable end
for all, there was the need to prevent diseases to prolong life and early
detection is the way to go.
She made the call when Akomaa Foundation had
a free health screening on Hepatitis ‘B’ Virus for about 200 people at Oda
Nkwanta and its surrounding villages.
She said this was the second time free
screening was being done on Hepatitis ‘B’ virus for the same group of people in
Oda Nkwanta.
She assured that, after the third screening,
the people will be vaccinated against the disease to ensure they were totally uninfected
with the disease and those found to be already infected will be put medication.
She gave a lecture on the liver infection
leading to Hepatitis ‘B’ saying,
individuals must go for regular health checkup before they experience its
symptoms which include; dark urine, loss of appetite, fever, abdominal pain,
weakness and fatigue.
Giving a brief history about Akomaa
Foundation she said, the organisation led by Madam Susana Abrokwa and some
indigenes of Oda Nkwanta aim at delivering free health care to people
especially the vulnerable in the area.
“Due to the vulnerability of some
children, youth and adults in Oda Nkwanta we found it necessary to establish an
organisation that can solicit help from other benevolent organisations and
well-meaning individuals to support the health care of the vulnerable,”
Madam Abrokwa said.
She then appealed to Non-Governmental
Organisations to support Akomaa Foundation to enable it extend free health care
to the vulnerable across Oda Nkwanta.
GNA