Awutu-Effutu-Senya District Assembly, have been screened for the
deadly, 'Hepatitis 'B' desease at Winneba.
The programme was initiated by the District Chief Executive for
the area, Mr. Solomon Kwashie Abbam-Quaye, and successfully executed
by officials of Christian Professionals Fellowship (CPF), a
Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), based in Accra.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency at Winneba on Wednesday, Mr.
Abbam-Quaye said 10 of the people who were tested proved positive.
He said according to the medical experts who carried out the
exercise, those tested positive would be given another test after
which they would given treatment for some months to free them from the
disease.
Mr. Abbam-Quaye expressed the assembly's profound appreciation
to members of the Christian Professionals Fellowship for the job well
done and appealed to them to extend their services to other district
assemblies in the Central Region for members of those assemblies also
to benefit.
The DCE reiterated his call on Ghanaians, particularly
inhabitants in his area of operation to ensure regular medical
check-ups so as to be
sure of their health status all the time.
He said that, besides the major health problems, regular medical
check-ups would help protect them against all sexually transmitted and
other diseases in good time for early treatment.
Mr. Abbam-Quaye also praised the assembly members and those from
outside who took advantage of media reports on the programme to test
their blood.
07 June 07
