Zurak Cancer Foundation

On World Cancer Day, Zurak Cancer Foundation visited the Osu, Oxford Street to have an interaction with the public about their perception about cancer. The event which is dubbed "My Cancer Story" seeks to look out for the various stories Ghanaians share about the disease in the country. Also, there are several misconception covering the disease and the event was so fascinating. We were able to draw up some crazy stories from individuals which is very essential to put it out there to tell the world the story about cancer in Ghana.

January is the awareness month for cervical cancer. Zurak Cancer Foundation invaded the Nima Market to educate market women on cervical cancer as part of its awareness program for the month. Ghana has an estimated population of 8.57 millions women ages 15 years and older who are at risk of developing cervical cancer. The current estimates indicate that every year 3,052 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 1,556 die from the disease. Cervical cancer ranks as the 1st most frequent cancer among women in Ghana and the 1st most frequent cancer among women between 15 and 44 years of age. Moreover, this is due to the prevalence rate of the unknown causative virus for cervical cancer called the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). Also, cervical cancer is detected at a latter stage in Ghana due to lack of awareness and regular screening for the disease. The Zurak Cancer Foundation team had an interactions with the market women this disease in order to test their knowledge and p...

Zurak Cancer Foundation in collaboration with Achievers Ghana developed this initiative to educate young girls in slum on cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV). The event which occurred on Saturday, 28th January, 2017 met with enthusiastic audience of young girls with the slums of Nima.  The event began with a cervical cancer education program with Dr. Caryn Agyeman Prempeh to educate the young girls on cervical cancer. During the second session students were grouped into their various teams to pitch their ideas on how to propagate cervical cancer awareness in their communities. Moreover, the activities were categorized into four different activities and they are; drama, poetry, interview and presentation. Finally, the poetry team emerged winners of the hackathon. They were awarded a certificate signed by Emily Sheldon (Director of Health Innovation, Impact Hub Accra).

Mr. Abdul-Samed Zurak, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Zurak Foundation has been named the “UNSUNG HERO” for the month of January, 2017. He received an overwhelming nomination from the general public when nominations were open. Out of the pool of people nominated, the Unsung Heroes Initiative team, after properly scrutinizing the list of nominees finally agreed he best deserved the accolade for the “UNSUNG HERO OF THE MONTH JANUARY 2017” “THE UNSUNG HERO OF THE MONTH” is a sub-initiative put together by the Unsung Heroes Initiative, aimed at recognising and celebrating young individuals on a monthly basis. After nominating an individual, the Unsung Heroes Initiative team will visit him/her in order to write about their story. The team will also present a citation and other items to the nominated person. Speaking to Mr. Zurak, he expressed gratitude and commended the initiative for such a wonderful job. The Unsung Heroes Initiative team will meet Mr. Abdu...

The Chairman/Founder of Zurak Cancer Foundation Abdul Samed Zurak has been nominated for Health Personality at the Africa Youth Awards.Over 170 young Africans and organisations from 35 African countries have been announced as Finalists for the 2016 Africa Youth Awards. The shortlisted nominees, who were announced on the 7th December, have been progressed to the final stages and are currently being voted for by the public ahead of the announcement of winners on 1st January, 2017. Voting which can be done on www.africayouthawards.org/vote is expected to end on 28th December. The Awards which will be hosted during the Heads of State Summit in Addis Ababa next year, is in partnership with the African Youth Commission, Avance Media, Global Skills Exchange, My Naija Naira and Dream Ambassadors Foundation GH. In an interview with the COO of Africa Youth Awards, Terser Adamu, he reiterated, “Africa Youth Awards shines a light on the amazing work of young people and organisat...

The Chairman/ Founder of Zurak Cancer Foundation Abdul Samed Zurak was selected to take part in the second cohort of the British Council's Active Citizens Leadership Programme. Out the 15 fellows selected across Ghana, the purpose of the programme is to support young, emerging change-makers and social entrepreneurs to create sustainable social, environmental and cultural impact. The first engagement of the as a selected Active Citizen, is a 4-day training programme organized by the British Council with a UK-based trainer, Karl Belizaire.

The Merck Group e-Health Meetup series is expanding to Accra, Ghana in partnership with Impact Hub Accra To Discuss Challenges & Solutions In Scaling e-Health Innovations In West Africa With Panelists Dr. Emmanuel Odame - Director of Policy, Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation, Ministry of Health, Emmanuel Addo-Yirenkyi - Product Manager, mPharma & Todd Holcombe - Senior Faculty, Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology