Health screening for Kwabenya residents, Health screening for Kwabenya residents, pg 46
The Nazareth Congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana at Kwabenya in Accra has organised a health screening exercise as part of activities marking its Health and Blue Cross Week celebrations.
The Blue Cross week is celebrated to educate the public on the dangers of alcohol abuse. The two activities are prominent features on the annual calendar of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana.
The screening exercise organised jointly by the Ashongman Community Hospital and the Save Your Liver Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), with focus on preventing liver related diseases, had more than 200 people screened for hepatitis B, diabetes, hypertension obesity and counselled in proper dieting and nutrition.
The week-long programme organised in collaboration with the Kwabenyaman No Yaa Kpee, an association for the advancement of Kwabenya, highlighted the importance of health in the development of the nation.
Other programmes that featured in the celebration were a film show and drama on the dangers in the use and distribution narcotics, and a health talk on the topics: “How does alcohol and Hard Drugs Affect our health” and “The Economic cost of diseases, alcohol and hard drugs abuse to self and society.”
The initiative was to improve the relationship between the church and the community and also to establish a common platform for the fight against the misuse and abuse of narcotics and alcohol.
The head pastor of the Nazareth Congregation, Rev Erasmus Mensah Laryea, told the Daily Graphic that the purpose of the celebration and the health screening was to keep members of the church informed about their health status before they are overtaken by sickness.
“As a church, we preach the gospel and talk about spiritual things but God is also interested in our physical well being.”
Rev Laryea advised young people to stay away from drugs saying “drugs are addictive and destructive. And if you have involved in it, seek help otherwise your future will be destroyed.”
The Client Service Executive of the Ashongman Community Hospital, Miss Evelyn Ansah, for her part, said apart from making sensitising the residents to their health, the hospital’s involvement in the exercise was also to create awareness about the National Health Insurance Scheme which the hospital accepts and the need to register for it.
The Blue Cross week is celebrated to educate the public on the dangers of alcohol abuse. The two activities are prominent features on the annual calendar of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana.
The screening exercise organised jointly by the Ashongman Community Hospital and the Save Your Liver Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), with focus on preventing liver related diseases, had more than 200 people screened for hepatitis B, diabetes, hypertension obesity and counselled in proper dieting and nutrition.
The week-long programme organised in collaboration with the Kwabenyaman No Yaa Kpee, an association for the advancement of Kwabenya, highlighted the importance of health in the development of the nation.
Other programmes that featured in the celebration were a film show and drama on the dangers in the use and distribution narcotics, and a health talk on the topics: “How does alcohol and Hard Drugs Affect our health” and “The Economic cost of diseases, alcohol and hard drugs abuse to self and society.”
The initiative was to improve the relationship between the church and the community and also to establish a common platform for the fight against the misuse and abuse of narcotics and alcohol.
The head pastor of the Nazareth Congregation, Rev Erasmus Mensah Laryea, told the Daily Graphic that the purpose of the celebration and the health screening was to keep members of the church informed about their health status before they are overtaken by sickness.
“As a church, we preach the gospel and talk about spiritual things but God is also interested in our physical well being.”
Rev Laryea advised young people to stay away from drugs saying “drugs are addictive and destructive. And if you have involved in it, seek help otherwise your future will be destroyed.”
The Client Service Executive of the Ashongman Community Hospital, Miss Evelyn Ansah, for her part, said apart from making sensitising the residents to their health, the hospital’s involvement in the exercise was also to create awareness about the National Health Insurance Scheme which the hospital accepts and the need to register for it.
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