The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) is leading the 2022 road safety campaign, "Stay Alive; gyae obonsam agyuma nu," to reduce road accidents in the Eastern Region. The programme was jointly launched by the Ghana Police Service's Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD), the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority, the…
Ghana marks ‘World No Tobacco Day’
June 1, 2021
Ghana yesterday joined the rest of the world to commemorate this year’s.World No Tobacco Day. at Nsawam in the Eastern Region with a call on the public to quit smoking.
The programme, which was on the theme ‘Commit to quit’, was attended by representatives of the World HealthOrganisation(WHO), Ghana Health Service (GHS), market leaders and members of transport unions and National Union of Ghana Students, among other categories of people.
The Minister of Health, MrKwakuAgyeman-Manu, in a speech read on his behalf by his Chief Director, Mr KwabenaBoadu Oku-Afari, said tobacco had devastating effects on the respiratory system, which increases the incidence of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases; cancer, diabetes and other non-communicable diseases, and put people with these conditions at higher risk of developing severe illness when affected by Coronavirus disease (COVID-19).