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Aug
The Director of Public Health at Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, says Ghana needs to prioritise the prevention and control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) considering their future burden and the existing healthcare system. He said NCDs were killing 17 million people each year before age 70 and 86 per cent of these premature deaths would occur in low-and middle-income countries, including Ghana. “Within the next 20 years, NCDs will be responsible for virtually half of the global burden of diseases in developing countries. “Our strategies should be directed to monitor the incidence of the diseases along with their…