The Ghana Pharmaceutical Students’ Association, University of Cape Coast, GPSA UCC, as part of the many activities to observe its annual week celebration has screened about 256 people of Bronyibima, a community in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem Municipality.
The screening covered blood sugar, hypertension, and malaria among other basic health screenings.
As part of the health screening by GPSA UCC, immediate counseling services were also provided and in instances where there is an elevated blood sugar or high blood pressure, that individual was referred appropriately to the polyclinic to receive treatment.
In an interview with ATLFMNEWS, the Vice Dean of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SOPPS), Dr. Robert Peter Biney said the decision to screen for blood pressure, blood sugar, and obesity is due to their prevalence and the major risks it poses to most people.
Dr. Robert Peter Biney also indicated that the exercise forms part of the training given to students to enable them with skills to provide some services to the community in which the university finds itself even before they finish their education.
He added that it will also help the students to first have a taste of their community and facilitate their training and development.
“That’s why each year during their outreach, we support them to go out into the community, then identify important health-related needs in the community, so that together we can come together to help to address them” he said.
The Health outreach on the theme: Shaping Tomorrow’s Health: Empowering Youth to Combat Diabetes was also undertaken in the community to educate the people on the signs, symptoms, complications, and prevention of Diabetes.
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Source: Eric Sekyi/ATLFMNEWS
