1st December 2022

18 février 2023 0 Par admin

1st December 2022

A fantastic effort by the Zonta Club of Accra 2 on Thursday 1 December at the Osu Night Market(a major market in Accra) raising awareness and empowering women about gender-based violence for 16 days of activism.

We decorated the street and had interactions with them about Zonta, domestic violence and sexual violence (Police unit) and healthy living (Doctor from Ghana Health Service). A health screening tent (hypertension, diabetes, breast cancer) was set up with staff from the Non-Communicable Diseases Alliance. Many of those screened had no idea they had serious illnesses.


CONDITION

Total Screened

Number Positive

Remarks

Hypertension

97

43

7 had severe HPT
0nly 6 of the 43 were known HPT

Diabetes

92

9

 

Breast cancer/abnormalities

58

3 breast lumps

1 was suspicious

We provided branded Zonta aprons for the market women. We had TV interviews with CitiTV, a major media house in Ghana, and of course there was dancing in the streets!