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We are still in January, and Cervical Cancer Education is still on going.
This video talks about Prevention of Cervical Cancer.
Get Screened Now, because Early Detection Saves Lives.

PREVENTION OF CERVICAL CANCER - Lady Dr. Sheila Dery

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We are still in January, and Cervical Cancer Education is still on going.
This video talks about Prevention of Cervical Cancer.
Get Screened Now, because Early Detection Saves Lives.

PREVENTION OF CERVICAL CANCER - Lady Dr. Sheila Dery

This January we are educating the public on the disease Cervical Cancer.
This video talks about Symptoms of Cervical Cancer. Get Screened Now, Early Detection Saves Lives.

SYMPTOMS OF CERVICAL CANCER - Lady Dr. Sheila Dery

January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. This video talks about Causes and Risk Factors of Cervical Cancer. Early Detection Saves Lives.

CAUSES AND RISK FACTORS OF CERVICAL CANCER - Lady Dr. Sheila Dery

The Christ the King International School (CTKIS), Cantonments - Accra, Health Awareness Month was climaxed on the 29th of October, 2025 with breast screening for breast lesions, health talks on breast cancer awareness as well as on mental health.

Christ the King International School Health Awareness Month, October 2025

A TIME WITH DR. ROBERT AMESIYA -ACTG. GREATER ACCRA REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICE - Dr. Sheila

This video discusses everything you need to know about sleep, from the benefits of sleep to the negative consequences when one doesn’t get adequate and quality sleep. It also touched on why our youths are not sleeping, and the steps they can take to ensure they get quality and adequate sleep for optimal brain function and maximum productivity

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IMPORTANCE OF SLEEP - Dr. Sheila Dery Laapo

In this video, we discussed all you need to know about Diabetes Mellitus & Diabetes Youth Care Program (DYC) for young people living with Diabetes Mellitus. Kindly share this video with all your contacts and Subscribe to this channel for more educative contents.

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DIABETES & DIABETES YOUTH CARE - Dr. Sheila Dery Laapo and Dr. Nana Ama Barnes

BIOGRAPHY OF PROFESSOR AFUA ADWO JECTEY HESSE
Professor Afua Adwo Jectey Hesse is a Paediatric Surgeon, Medical Educator, and Hospital Administrator with several years of experience in both the UK and Ghana.
Prof. Hesse obtained her MBChB in 1976 from the University of Ghana Medical School (UGMS) in Accra. She became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh in 1983, a Fellow of the West African College of Surgeons in 1990, and a Foundation Fellow of the Ghana College of Surgeons in 2005. She has been a Fellow of the International College of Surgeons (ICS) since 2018 and serves as the Chairperson of the Ghana Chapter of ICS. She holds a Certificate in Health Management Administration for Senior Health Practitioners from GIMPA (2005) and a Certificate in Health Management, Planning, and Policy from Leeds, in addition to a Level 8 Diploma from the Chartered Management Institute in London.
Prof. Hesse is a woman of many firsts. She was the first female Paediatric Surgeon in Ghana, as well as the first woman surgeon from her alma mater. She also served as the President of the Medical Women’s International Association (MWIA), making her the first Ghanaian (and second African) to hold this position in the 91-year history of the Association, which is the first international Professional Women’s Association.
She is currently a Professor of Surgery at the University of Ghana Medical School (Part-time) and has held various positions at both the University of Ghana Medical School and the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. She was the first female to serve as Head of the Paediatric Surgery Unit, Head of the Department of Surgery, Director of Medical Affairs, and Acting CEO of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. She was also the first female Honorary Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association.
Prof. Hesse lectures at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels at the University of Ghana Medical School and serves as a reviewer for various International peer-reviewed medical journals. She has served as an External Examiner at the School of Medical Sciences of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, the School of Medical Sciences of the University of Development Studies, the University of Cape Coast School of Medical Sciences, the Faculty of Surgery of the West African College of Surgeons, the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria. She has trained several generations of Paediatric Surgeons both in Ghana and across West Africa. Additionally, she served as President of the Pan African Pediatric Surgical Association (PAPSA). She is also a researcher of distinction in various Pediatric fields, including congenital abnormalities in children, nutritional problems in children, and improving the quality of hospital service delivery with numerous publications and books to her credit.
Other assignments she has undertaken include serving as a Consultant for the Ministry of Health, and serving on the boards of several companies, tertiary institutions, the Ghana Medical Association, and the University community in various capacities. She was a member of the WHO Technical Committee for Voluntary Male Circumcision as a means of reducing HIV transmission risk from 2014 to 2021 and has recently been appointed on to the Committee again. She was elected Chairperson of the Faculty of Surgeons of the Ghana College of Surgeons for a two-year term in 2021. Currently, she serves as the Chairperson of the Ghana Chapter of the West African College of Surgeons and has also been elected as 2nd Vice-President for the West African College of Surgeons from 2025-2027.
Prof. Hesse has been involved in various extension services, including setting up the first ever Well-Woman clinic in Ghana and initiating the training of traditional Wanzams (circumcisers for male infants) in collaboration with the Public Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service to ensure safer surgery outcomes for children in Ghana. She served as an elected member of the MDC for over 15 years. Recently she has served as the vice- Chairman for the Technical Working Group pf the Ministry of Health which developed the National Surgical, Obstetrics and Trauma Plans (NSOAP) for Ghana which will help to ensure surgery is at the centre of plans of Ministry of Healths in Africa
Prof. Hesse has been recognized for her efforts by various organizations, including the Millennium Excellence Awards Foundation, which awarded her for Medical Leadership in 2010, and Glitz Woman of the Year in Health in 2017,moe recently the Paediatric Society of Ghana(PSG) among many others.
Currently, she is a Co-founder and President of the Accra College of Medicine (ACM), Ghana’s leading private medical school which has to date graduated 5 cohorts of medical doctors.
She is married to Rev Prof. Adukwei Hesse and they have 4 adult children and 15 grandchildren.

A TIME WITH PROF. AFUA HESSE - FIRST FEMALE PAEDIATRIC SURGEON IN GHANA - Dr. Sheila Dery Laapo

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