The Ghana Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Alliance, a civil society organisation has organised a day's training for some people living with NCDs in the Tano North Municipality of the Ahafo Region.

Participants include people with cancers, diabetes, hypertension and related diseases and the training exposed them to healthy lifestyles and good diets.

In an interview with Sompa FM on the side-lines of the training held at Duayaw-Nkwanta, Mr Christopher Agbega called on the government to support the people living with the NCDs to access medication and drugs.

He expressed concern about the societal stigmatization and discrimination of people living with NCDs and called for collective effort to stem it, saying the high stigma was also a contributing factor that leads to the rising deaths.

Mrs Ama Nyarko, a NCDs advocate, and member of the Alliance which works to prevent and control NCDs in the country noted that NCDs remained a leading cause of deaths in the country, urging the government to prioritise its fight.

She expressed worry that NCDs killed more people in deprived communities due to patients inability to procure drugs and medication.

Mrs Nyarko called on the government capture the NCDs on the lists of medication of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).

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