Author: Emelia Naa Ayeley Aryee || Freelance Journalist
Xoese Ghana is marking the 2024 PCOS Awareness Month of September with a polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) Management Webinar aimed at providing women and couples with the needed education and information to effectively manage PCOS for pregnancy.
The webinar is taking place from 7-8:30 p.m. (GMT) on Thursday, September 19, 2024, via the online platform Zoom with the ID: 9953 6907 68 and PASSCODE: Dayata.
The webinar will focus on lifestyle adjustments, foods to avoid, foods to be eaten, medications used in managing PCOS, among others.
The 2024 PCOS Management Webinar follows last year’s PCOS Awareness Seminar held by Xoese Ghana to create awareness about the condition which is the leading cause of infertility in women.
September is known as the PCOS Awareness month. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 70% of PCOS cases are undiagnosed.
This comes as a result of lack of information, education, and awareness of PCOS.
This is why Xoese Ghana has put together the 2024 PCOS Management Webinar to provide deeper insights on how to manage PCOS.
The webinar seeks to defeat the common misconception that women with PCOS cannot get pregnant. With proper management, pregnancy is attainable for affected women.
The speakers for the 2024 PCOS Management Webinar are: Dr. Samuel Gyedu Owusu of St. Anthony’s Catholic Hospital, who also doubles as Board Chairman of Xoese Ghana; Dr. Khurram Shahzad, Assistant General Manager (Pharmacy) of Kinapharma Limited Ghana; Mrs. Janet Yeboah, a licensed Nutritionist and PCOS Advocate; and Mr. Moarif Murtaza, also Assistant General Manager (Pharmacy) of Kinapharma Limited Ghana.
The Executive Director of Xoese Ghana, Ms. Emelia Naa Ayeley Aryee, in an interview with Amaghanaonline.com, noted that in addition to the advocacy campaign calling for an end to infertility stigma, there was the need to also offer practical support to women facing fertility issues.
“This is why we first organised the PCOS Awareness Seminar in September 2023 in Accra. This year, we organised the Fertility Conference in June.
The PCOS Management Webinar is our third major event. Aside from the advocacy work, practical support is also needed,” Ms. Aryee emphasized.
She revealed that over 60 women have reported to the NGO with various medical conditions causing infertility, and are receiving medical attention to overcome their infertility and have children.
The Xoese Ghana Executive Director placed an emphatic call on all and sundry to stop stigmatising women because they are already going through a lot and what they need is support, not stigmatisation.
She added that some of them are living with medical condition through no fault of theirs, therefore, it is inhuman and unkind to subject a couple, particularly women, to infertility stigma.
Xoese Ghana was in the news recently following its Fertility Conference facilitated by fertility experts Dr. Joseph Homiah of Accra Fertility Center, Dr. Samuel Gyedu Owusu, and Dr. Yaa Owusu Baah of Tema Women’s Hospital.
