The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has appealed to the public to desist from stigmatising people with epilepsy and to make friends with them.
It said discriminating against and stigmatising people with epilepsy is against their human rights.
Mr Victor Dachoe, a staff of the Wa Municipal Health Promotion Department, who made the appeal, said epilepsy is not a disease that can contract through body contact.
He was speaking on Info Radio’s Morning Show to mark this year’s World Epilepsy Day celebration.
The World Epilepsy Day is marked every second Monday of February to help create awareness of the condition and the need for the public to stop all forms of discrimination and stigmatization against people living with epilepsy.
This year’s celebration is on the theme “Friendship and Inclusion”.
Mr Dachoe said people living with epilepsy are human like any other person and can also make a meaningful impact in society.
Mr Dachoe said anybody in society can contract epilepsy as it is not reserved for some kinds of people.
He, therefore, stressed the need for including them in all social activities to make them feel belonged and loved.
Talking about the causes of epilepsy, Mr Dachoe explained that it can be a genetic cause and also through head injury as a result of an accident.
Comments