Air pollution has been identified as a contributor to the growing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Accra, making it a major public health concern in the capital. The revelation, established by an investigation by the University of Ghana on clean air in Accra, mentioned the NCDs of concern to include lung cancer, chronic ischaemic heart diseases […]
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94,000 die annually from Non-Communicable Diseases
The Ghana Non-Communicable Diseases Alliance (GhNCDA) has raised concerns about the alarming but preventable deaths of some 94,000 persons from Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Ghana each year. The alliance last Tuesday launched the Ghana Advocacy Agenda of People Living with NCDs, with an appeal to government and other stakeholders in the health delivery system to […]