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Ghana: ‘Stop stigmatising persons with breast cancer’

Ghana: ‘Stop stigmatising persons with breast cancer’

Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Ghanaian Times
Published on 2024-10-17 07:36:52

 The Acting Pro­gramme Manager for Non-Commu­nicable Diseases (NCDs) of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Efua Commeh, has appealed to Ghanaians to stop stigmatising persons with breast cancer to enable affected individuals seek medical attention and combat the disease’s high death rate.

Her appeal is against the back­drop of nearly 5,000 cases of breast cancer, which are recorded annually in Ghana, approximately 50 per cent of victims dying due to stigma and late…

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