Miss Ghana urges Ghanaians to donate blood
Miss Ghana 2015, Antoinette Delali Kemawor, who is also the Brand Ambassador for voluntary blood donation activities, has urged Ghanaians, particularly the youth to regularly take part in voluntary blood donation exercises to improve their physical health status.
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According to her, studies have revealed that regular blood donation helps in reducing risk of damage to liver as well as help in improving cardiovascular health and obesity.
Ms Kemawor and other contestants in the 2015 Miss Ghana beauty pageant recruited voluntary donors in and around the Rawlings Park area at Markola in Accra to donate blood, as part of the Miss Ghana Foundation’s commitment to helping increase blood stock level at the National blood Service.
Participants also benefited from free dental screening alongside the blood donation exercise.
She said the opportunity to undergo free mini health examinations, which included checklist for diseases related blood pressure and other infectious diseases, was another incentive for Ghanaians to regularly donate blood.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Alfred Oko Vanderpuye, who graced the occasion, reminded the public about the dreadful consequences anytime there was blood shortage at the Blood Service and hospital blood banks.
Mr Vanderpuye, therefore, urged Ghanaians to be part of regular voluntary blood donation activities to avoid any unforeseen crisis.
Public Relations Officer of the National Blood Service, Stephen Addai-Baah, commended Miss Ghana Foundation, organisers of the blood donation event for their passion and dedication to the lifesaving campaign of mass blood mobilization process.
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Mr Addai-Baah called on other institutions and corporate bodies to support the Blood Service always to avoid seasonal blood shortages in the country.
More than fifty seven (57) volunteers donated blood on the day, including some migrants from Europe who are in Ghana for voluntary and exchange programme.
The event was supported by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), special Ice Mineral water, Mawako fast foods and powered by the National Blood Service, Ghana.