By Alfred Adams
The 2016 World Women’s Day celebration at the AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem Mine saw scores of women participating in a free medical screening at one of the mine’s host communities, Adeiyie.
The medical screening formed part of the Mine’s quarterly rotational medical screening, with all expenses borne by the mine. The services included consultation and screening, treatment of diseases and sickness, and special talk on reproductive health. In an interview, Cynthia Odoom Wilson, who is a Physician Assistant of the Mine, encouraged the community members to adopt healthy lives to prevent lifestyle-related diseases.
She also advised the women to seek prompt medical attention when the need arises. The diseases mainly seen were respiratory tract infection, malaria, hypertension, skin infection and others, and those who needed further assessment and management were referred
Madam Grace Addison, who could not hide her joy, remarked: “I made it a point to partake in the medical screening because the Mine’s hospital has been brought to us with quality medication for our various ailments. On behalf of all women present, we express our appreciation to Iduapriem Mine for responding to our health needs.”
Gloria Acheampong is a teacher at the Adeiyie Basic School. To her, the importance she attaches to the outreach is enormous. She was particularly delighted with the special talk on the needs of reproductive health, which many women are confronted with. She says such interventions are essential to human life.
A Community Development Officer in charge of Gender at the Mine, Roseline Dauri, said the medical outreach, which was hugely participated in by residents of Adeiyie and surrounding areas, was attestation of making access to healthcare easy for the Mine’s host communities.
According to her, in addressing the health needs of women, Iduapriem Mine, will continue to roll out more of such interventions to ensure the women are empowered at all levels of life, a phenomenon, she noted, was in line with the 2016 objectives of the Mine. In all, five hundred women were screened from Adieyie and surrounding communities. This year’s World Women’s day was under the theme “Pledge for Parity.”
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