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Most people know they should be screened. Fewer get round to it. The distance between the two is made of small, ordinary things: the cost of the test, the morning away from work, the clinic across town, the appointment that has to be booked ahead.
On 13 August 2026, in North Legon, that distance closed for 250 people.
Enterprise Group contributed GH¢30,000 to the inaugural Women's Health Screening and Outreach Programme, organised by the Health with Patricia Initiative in partnership with the North Legon Electoral Area and Taifa Polyclinic. The funding covered services for participants, which meant the cost question never came up.
By the end of the day, more than 200 people had been screened and 157 had been tested and vaccinated for Hepatitis B. Participants had access to blood glucose testing, blood pressure checks, family planning services, breast examinations and general health assessments, with referrals for anyone who needed to be seen again.
Nearly 60 women were screened for cervical cancer. Specialists, including an obstetrician-gynaecologist from the University of Ghana Medical Centre, led the education sessions running alongside the clinics. Cervical cancer is highly treatable when it is found early, and early is exactly what a screening day is for.
55 of the 250 who came were men. Health decisions in a household are rarely made by one person alone.
Enterprise Group staff spent the day on site, in conversation with the people the programme was built for.
Health is one of three Corporate Social Investment pillars at Enterprise Group, alongside Philanthropy and Financial Literacy. It is where SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being) meets something far less abstract: a woman in Taifa who now knows her result. We provide all who come in contact with us their desired advantage. Health is where that begins.
