By William Y. Owusu
Tuesday, 26 September 2006
This year's World Heart Day was launched at the Kaneshie Presbyterian Church in Accra on Sunday.
The week-long event under the theme "How young is your heart?" will be celebrated throughout the country and rounded up with a heart day walk at Tema on September 30.
Launching the day, Dr. Frances Kwamin, Chairman of the World Heart Day planning committee, said "It has become necessary to disseminate information on heart diseases because in most cases, such diseases are easily preventable if the public will be educated to lead healthy lifestyles."
He identified heart disease and strokes as the largest killers, claiming 17.5 million lives every year, adding "In every group of 10 people, six die of heart-related diseases especially in the ages between 35 to 55."
Dr.Kwamin said activities such as regular exercising, eating healthy diet and non-smoking are good steps towards achieving a healthy lifestyle.
He said his team had already visited some mosques to sensitise Moslems on the dangers of heart diseases."
We want to focus on the religious bodies in the dissemination since they are a major agents of change in society," he added.
The event was jointly organised by the Ghana Society of Hypertension and Cardiology and the Federation of Ghana Medical Students' Association and Partners.
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