Promote policies to make breast cancer screening accessible, affordable - Speaker urges Parliament
The Speaker of the Ghanaian Parliament has called for policy reforms to improve the accessibility and affordability of breast cancer screening. The initiative aims to reduce mortality rates by encouraging early detection and removing financial barriers.
Why it matters
Public health policy advocacy is crucial for addressing high mortality rates in regions where medical screening is often inaccessible.
Parliament has been urged to promote policies that will make breast cancer screening affordable and accessible to the people, particularly women and girls.
Such policies should be able to encourage more people to go for screening to detect the disease early to improve victims chances of survival.
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, who said this, added that the role of the House must extend beyond awareness creation to policy, legislation, oversight and practical support.
“We must continue to support policies that promote accessibility and affordable screening,” he added.
This was contained in an address read on the Speaker’s behalf at the launch of this year’s breast health awareness campaign screening and counselling exercise in Parliament in Accra, yesterday.
The event, which was on the theme: “Early action, better outcomes,” brought together physician specialists from Parliament Medical and the Greater Accra Regional
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