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Agyinsam Foundation organises medical screening for Twifo/Hemang/Lower Denkyira District
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Over a thousand people in the Twifo/Hemang/Lower Denkyira District in the Central Region of Ghana have benefited from a medical screening exercise organised by the Agyinsam Foundation on Thursday March 28 and Friday March 29, 2024.
The beneficiaries of the two-day free medical screening exercise included men, women and children who received screening for various health conditions including obesity, hypertension, diabetics, inflammatory conditions, skin diseases, worm infections, hepatitis, eye, full blood count, malaria, among others.
After the medical screening, those diagnosed with some defects and ailments were given free medication and counseling and were also advised to visit medical facilities for further treatment.
Founder of the Agyinsam Foundation, Mr. Lawrence Agyinsam, spoke about the motivation for the medical exercise by the foundation and its collaborators.
“The focus of the foundation is to ensure the well-being of the people within the Twifo/Hemang/Lower Denkyira District and beyond,” he said.
He further revealed that “In addition to building their capacities, and enhancing their employable skills, we are also interested in their health. Without a doubt, a community is guaranteed growth and development when its populace is in good health.”
Mr. Agyinsam further commended Equity Health Insurance for partnering with Agyinsam Foundation to bring relief to the people as well as those who participated in the medical screening for their time and patience as a result of the high patronage of the medical screening exercise.
On his part, the Chief Executive Officer of Equity Health Insurance, Elton Fredrick Afari indicated that the free medical screening falls under the health pillar in terms of his organization’s corporate social responsibility.
According to him “We always want to ensure that communities and clients within our operational areas and beyond are healthy to enable them to be more productive and very efficient. This will go a long way to strengthen the community and contribute to the country’s development.”
“That remains the key motive for us in partnering with the Agyinsam Foundation to undertake this free medical health screening. We are grateful to our team of health professionals for the great work they did in those two days in our quest to meet the SDG goal on health,” he emphasised.
In addition, the health screening exercise is to create awareness among the community for them to appreciate the need to seek early medical treatment to boost their health, thereby enhancing productivity and income generation among them.
African leaders have been urged to strengthen political commitment and domestic investment to end preventable maternal deaths and AIDS by 2030.
The call comes as African health ministers and policymakers meet in Accra to deliberate on health financing, health security and universal health coverage across the continent.
Mr Edouard Bizimana, Burundi’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and Development Cooperation, made the call on Tuesday at the opening of the African Union’s (AU) 25th Extraordinary Summit on Health in Accra.
He said Africa needed increased domestic investment to build resilient health systems as it continued to grapple with infectious diseases and the growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
Mr Bizimana, who is also Chairperson of the AU Executive Council, said although Africa accounted for nearly 17 per cent of the world’s population, it bore 24 per cent of the global disease burden while having less than three per cent of the global health workforce and only one per cent of global health expenditure.
“Despite maternal mortality declining by nearly 40 per cent since 2000, Africa still accounts for about 70 per cent of maternal deaths globally, while almost two-thirds of people living with HIV reside on the continent,” he said.
Mr Bizimana said the growing burden of NCDs was placing additional pressure on already stretched health systems.
“These figures are not merely statistics. They represent painful human realities, preventable losses and unacceptable inequalities, they remind us that health is not an expense it is a strategic investment and a prerequisite for our sovereignty and development. “he said.
Mr Bizimana said recent global health emergencies had exposed Africa’s vulnerability and underscored the need to expand local production of medicines and vaccines, strengthen the health workforce and improve emergency preparedness.
“Our citizens expect resilient health systems where every mother can give birth safely, every child has access to essential healthcare and every African enjoys quality health services regardless of where they live,” he said.
The two-day summit, being held ahead of the 20th Extraordinary Session of the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government, has brought together health ministers, policymakers and health stakeholders to identify solutions to Africa’s health financing and security challenges.
Madam Florence Samizi, Tanzania’s Deputy Health Minister, called for stronger collaboration among AU Member States to accelerate progress towards universal health coverage.
The summit is being held on the theme: “Advancing Justice, Equality and Universal Health Coverage: Ending AIDS, Tuberculosis, Improving Maternal Health, Addressing Endemic Non-Communicable and Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa.”
The meeting is expected to adopt the Accra Declaration, a roadmap to strengthen Africa’s health systems and advance health sovereignty by 2030. -GNA
Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana’s Department of Political Science, Dr. Joshua Jebuntie Zaato says the imprisonment of the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, will have little meaning unless it leads to a broader crackdown on illegal mining.
In a post on his Facebook page on the July 21, 2026, Dr. Zaato said the judgment should mark the beginning of efforts to completely eradicate galamsey and hold all those involved accountable, regardless of their political affiliation.
He said the country must work towards restoring polluted rivers, protecting forests and ensuring that people implicated in illegal mining activities are prosecuted.
According to him, those the President has publicly acknowledged to be involved in galamsey should face prosecution.
He called for the prosecution of district chief executives (DCEs), members of Parliament (MPs) and senior political party officials who have been accused of engaging in or supporting illegal mining.
Dr. Zaato further urged the government to take decisive action to end the destruction of the country’s forests caused by galamsey.
He maintained that the imprisonment of Chairman Wontumi would only have a lasting impact if it results in a comprehensive and impartial fight against illegal mining across the country.
By: Jacob Aggrey
