The Juaben Municipal Health Directorate has organized a one-day health screening exercise for the residents of Achiase and its ajourning communities through public education to ascertain their health status.
The screening according to the Municipal Health Director for Juaben, Mrs. Adwoa Osei Amponsah would go a long way to assist the health practitioners to identify the number of people living with various diseases in the community.
She mentioned diseases like Malaria, HIV/AIDS, Hypertension, Cervical Cancer among others and find a way to treat such situations, she also said the number of malaria cases has increased according to their data.
Mrs. Osei Amponsah expressed her gratitude to the Achiase Community for their support of the health centre. She added that the Ashanti Regional health Directorate has converted the Health Centre to a Model health centre in Juaben Municipality and that they will open a new maternity ward soon.
-information Desk, Juaben Municipal Assembly