Billions on Treatment, But What About Prevention?

About this episode

The episode discusses the financial investment in treating chronic diseases in Ghana compared to the need for preventive measures related to air pollution.

Ghana spends billions of cedis treating chronic diseases like stroke, diabetes, asthma and hypertension. But what if one of the major triggers is something we rarely confront directly — the air we breathe? Michael Asharley speaks with reporter Kingsley E. Hope of the Ghanaian Times about his investigation into the growing disconnect between rising chronic illness and rising air pollution. He wrote a story that asks a difficult question: Are we investing far more in treatment than in preventio...

People in this episode

Host: Michael Asharley

Guest: Kingsley E. Hope

Topics covered

• chronic diseases
• air pollution
• healthcare spending
• prevention
• investigation

Keywords

• chronic diseases
• air pollution
• Ghana
• healthcare
• prevention
• treatment
• investigation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ghanaian Times

Places: Ghana

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