Non communicable diseases are known as silent killers. New cases are diagnosed on daily basis and most often accidentally through a hospital visit for a different complaint or through routine screening like the one that NHELPA organized recently. October is breast cancer awareness month and October 12th is world sight day. To commemorate these two…
NHELPA yearly normal activity saw a change this year where cervical screening was added. In addition to that we did our normal diabetes, hypertension, eye screening. And breast cancer screening with health talk on the above health issues. This was in mile4 Nkwen to be precise in trust care clinic. Before the 22rd we did…
The day started at 7.35am with the arrangement of the hall. There were altogether five stations which were distributed for easy movement and coordination from the door: registration, vital signs and BMI station, laboratory for FBS and the counselling stations. Activities started at 8:00am, with a word of prayer and welcome speech from the President….
Non communicable diseases are a major public health concern. They are not transmitted between persons and are not limited to race or tribe. They include most heart diseases, strokes, obesity and related conditions, Parkinson’s disease, majority of cancers, diabetes, autoimmune conditions, chronic kidney conditions, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, cataracts and many others. The major causes of non-communicable…
