Mr. Labram Musah, the National Coordinator for the Ghana Non-Communicable Disease Alliance (GhNCDA), has said the passage of the Excise Duty and Tax Stamp (Amendment) Bills will contribute to fostering healthy living in the country. Hence, the main objective for the passage of the bills should be shifted from mainly…
The Ghana Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Alliance has called on government and donor institutions to invest in research into NCDs to help produce data on the prevalence of the diseases in Ghana. The lack of data on the majority of these diseases has been a major concern for public health, a…
Ghana has a dual burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases, however, due to insufficient funding for healthcare and donor priorities, communicable (infectious) diseases have taken precedence over non-communicable diseases (NCDs). It is obvious that NCDs rank high among the top 10 causes of death in Ghana, and it is important…
The Ghana NCD Alliance (GhNCDA) has called on the government to convene a national conversation to address the financial difficulties of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the country, particularly diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and cancers. It said currently diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancers among others were not part of the National Health Insurance…
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