The Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF) has renewed its commitment to advancing women’s health through a strategic partnership with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital and the Telecel Foundation Ghana to implement a nationwide Cervical Cancer Screening Campaign.
The initiative, launched in commemoration of Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, is aimed at going beyond public education to deliver practical and life-saving healthcare services to women.
The GMTF described the collaboration as a purposeful move to convert awareness into measurable action that directly benefits women across the country.
At the launch of the campaign, the Fund noted that the programme is focused on promoting early detection, ensuring prompt and effective treatment, and ultimately reducing the burden of cervical cancer as a major public health concern in Ghana.
“This partnership underscores our collective determination to move from awareness to action, ensuring that lives are saved through early diagnosis and timely treatment,” the Fund stated.
The campaign has been bolstered by the donation of specialised cervical cancer screening equipment from the Telecel Foundation, made in the name of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund.
The equipment, which is already operational at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, is enhancing the facility’s capacity to offer improved and timely screening services, particularly to women who may otherwise have limited access to such care.
Organisers project that no fewer than 10,000 women will benefit from the screening programme within the next three years.
They explained that the initiative is structured to widen access to preventive healthcare for women at risk while strengthening the hospital’s ability to manage and treat cervical cancer cases effectively.
The Ghana Medical Trust Fund reiterated that cervical cancer is largely preventable and stressed that early screening remains one of the most powerful tools for reducing deaths linked to the disease.
“Together, we aim to ensure that every woman receives the screening, care and support she needs at the right time,” the Fund added, emphasising that early detection can save lives and significantly improve health outcomes nationwide.
