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The Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research (KCCR), an interdisciplinary research center promoting biomedical research in Ghana and around the world, has received a check for ¢ 30,000 GH to improve the fight against breast and prostate cancer.
Anglogold Ashanti Ghana (AGA) donated the money to assist the Center in its research work to develop early detection methods, treatment options and prevention campaigns for the two diseases.
Prostate and breast cancer are the second most common cancers in men and women, respectively.
According to cancer research scientists and health experts, approximately 13 percent of women will develop breast cancer, while approximately 12 percent of men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.
Ms. Hilda Arhin, Human Resources Superintendent in Charge of Personnel and Line Support, AGA, who presented the check at a ceremony at Obuasi in the Ashanti region, said the money was raised through a fundraising initiative from money.
Under the slogan ‘BOOBS and BALLS’, the initiative saw AGA employees and their contractors donate to support the center.
Ms. Arhin explained that the company was committed to collaborating with stakeholders to promote good health and education.
Consequently, AGA would continue to contact the KCCR to reinforce its research work given the devastating nature of the two diseases.
Professor Richard Phillips, Director of KCCR, upon receiving the check, welcomed the fundraising initiative and highlighted the need for corporate organizations to be very interested in the work of the Center.
The support, he noted, would strengthen the existing relationship between the KCCR and AGA, citing how the Center had been working with the mining company for people’s safety since the COVID-19 outbreak.
Emmanuel Baidoo, Senior Sustainability Manager, AGA, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), on the sidelines of the program, said that the company’s commitment to the health and well-being of people is detailed in its Plan of Social Management. .
The Plan seeks to help diversify Obuasi’s economy through a shared value approach.
Source: GNA
