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Accra, Aug. 06, GNA – A study initiated by the Ghana NCD Alliance (GhNCDA) has called for funding from both government and corporate bodies to help support prevention and management of rising cases of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health disorders in Ghana.

This would help to address the challenges of the high cost of medication, diagnostic investigations, transportation and rehabilitation, which people living with the diseases faced.

The study was under the title “Assessing the Economic Burden of People Living with Non-Communicable Diseases in Ghana,” and was undertaken in the Eastern Region and the Greater Accra Region respectively.

Mr Lahram Musah, national coordinator, GhNCDA who presented the findings at a validation meeting in Accra, indicated that in Ghana 43 per cent of deaths were attributed to NCDs.

He said in Ghana six in 10 persons had hypertension, diabetes, obese, among others, and that needed priority setting and designing of benefit packages that would yield health maximization and provide financial risk protection for all.

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