YAWC Network Ghana Chapter, ExLA Group Health Progroamme Carry Out Outreach Programme At Nsawam Female Prisons

The Ghana Chapter of the Young African Women Congress (YAWC) Network and the ExLA Group Health Programme (EGHP) have carried out an outreach programme at the female division of the Nsawam Minimum Security Prisons on Thursday 4th August, 2022.

The exercise was in line with the objectives of the YAWC Network, that is carrying every woman along, and also in line with the objectives of the EGHP of prioritising the health needs of everyone including the vulnerable in our society.

During the counselling session, Daniel Osei Tuffuor, the Chairperson of the YAWC Network Council and the Executive Director of ExLA Group, the holding organisation for both YAWC and EGHP, shared some encouraging words with the inmates.

On her part, the Director for the ExLA Group Health Programme (EGHP), Dr Catherine Opoku Fordjour admonished the inmates to take their health issues seriously.

The third part of the outreach was a health screening exercise for all the inmates and it was led by Dr Catherine Opoku Fordjour and her team from the ExLA Group Health Programme

She praised the YAWC Network and the ExLA Group Health Programme for their kindness and asked them to continue to support them.

ExLA Group Health Programme (EGHP) on the other hand is an agency under ExLA Group committed to a better health system in Ghana and Africa