Avoid multiple sexual partners – Gynaecologist tells Women

An Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the SDA Hospital, Sunyani, Dr Elijah Abakah-Quansah, has advised women, especially young girls, to avoid keeping multiple sexual partners, since it was the major cause of contracting cervical cancer.

The disease, he said, was mainly transmitted through sexual intercourse and advised women to constantly undergo screening for early detection and vaccination.

He gave the advice when over 70 female staff and tenants of the Sunyani Regional Office of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) went through a day’s seminar on cervical cancer to enhance their knowledge of the disease and its devastating effect on their health.

He explained that the disease was serious because it was the second-highest or most common cause of cancer in women and could frustrate patients.

The seminar, which was organised in collaboration with the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Hospital in Sunyani, was aimed at helping them detect the disease at its initial stage to avoid complications.

Not death sentence

Speaking to journalists after the seminar, Dr Abakah-Quansah said contracting cervical cancer was not a death sentence.

He explained that the disease was curable, as several victims had been treated at the hospital and other facilities across the country.

“We had cases that had been treated here in Sunyani. It is not a death sentence, especially if you diagnose it early, we can do surgery to give you a cure. Even if we found it at an advanced stage, there is still treatment or management for it,” he said