FIRM HEALTH GHANA
FOUNDATION
Join us in fighting kidney disease in all fronts
Kidney disease describes a variety of conditions and disorders that affect the kidneys. Most kidney disease attack the filtering units of the kidneys—the nephrons—and damage their ability to eliminate wastes and excess fluids. Kidney disease can range from mild to severe and in some cases, lead to kidney failure (sometimes referred to as end-stage kidney disease).
Who Are We?
Firm Health Ghana Foundation (FHGF), is a voluntary, non-governmental, non-partisan, non-profit, patient focused and humanitarian organization interested in prevention of kidney disease by early detection through screening and awareness creation through education. It was registered with the Registrar General Department of Ghana, under the company’s act 1963 (act 179) as a company limited by guarantee in July 2012.
What We Seek To Achieve
Firm Health Ghana Foundation (FHGF), is a voluntary, non-governmental, non-partisan, non-profit, patient focused and humanitarian organization interested in prevention of kidney disease by early detection through screening and awareness creation through education. It was registered with the Registrar General Department of Ghana, under the company’s act 1963 (act 179) as a company limited by guarantee in July 2012.
Services We Provide
We provide some wide range of services that includes:
We provide consistent blood & sugar tests.
We offer Kidney Screening services.
We organize periodic walking exercises.
We educate the public on health related issues.
GIVE HELP WHERE IT IS NEEDED THE MOST
There is an estimated 12,000 kidney failure cases are recorded among Ghanaians every year. Across the globe, 10 percent of the population is affected by preventable yet deadly kidney diseases. Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) was ranked 18th in the list of causes of total number of deaths worldwide according to the 2010 Global Burden of Disease study. The degree of movement up the list was second only to that for HIV and AIDS. Join us in creating awareness in impoverished communities in Ghana
