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A medical doctor at the Lekma Hospital at Teshie, Dr. Bright Asamoah is advocating for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to support women to undertake three free cervical cancer screening in their lifetime.He told Adom News 3,038 Ghanaian women were diagnosed with cervical cancer every year, and 2,006 of those women die, meaning four out of five women die from the disease every year.Dr. Asamoah said even though the situation was alarming, only five per cent of Ghanaian women do cervical cancer screening in their life time due to lack of awareness.“Cervical cancer takes 10 to 15 years to manifest but most women report symptoms when it is too late, and I believe consistent awareness and support by the NHIS for women to get free screening can save a lot of lives,” he saidDr. Asamoah was one of the 30 professionals who participated in the first edition of the Vodafone Foundation World of Difference, and he focused on creating awareness about cervical cancer.He told Adom News he had a challenge raising support from government and private institutions to for hi project because “people do not seem to care about cervical much even though it is killing women at a very fast rate.”Dr. Asamoah said several radio and TV stations also turned him down when he wanted airtime to create awareness, because “they thought because I was a Vodafone ambassador I have some big money so they wanted their share.”He said even though he is no more getting support from Vodafone Foundation, he would still continue with the campaign to help save the lives of women, adding that he was glad for the Vodafone Healthline programme which had give him another platform to create awareness about the disease.Meanwhile the Vodafone Foundation has voted GHC1.8 million to support 50 professional volunteers and institutions and 10 projects in the second round of the World of Difference programme.
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