Gender advocate urges sustained breast cancer education in rural Ghana
Josephine Oppong-Yeboah is a media personality and healthcare professional based in the US. She called on the Ghana Health Service to increase outreach and education regarding breast cancer. Her focus is specifically on women living in rural areas. She believes myths and misconceptions about the disease lead people to delay medical care. These delays result in deaths that could have been prevented.
Ghanaian media personality and US-based healthcare professional, Josephine Oppong-Yeboah has urged the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to intensify breast cancer education and outreach programmes, particularly among women in rural communities. She said myths and misconceptions about the disease had contributed to delays in seeking medical care, resulting in preventable deaths.