Background and context: Breast cancer is rapidly becoming a growing public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa and has the highest mortality among women. Research has demonstrated that African women are diagnosed with breast cancer 10 to 15 years earlier than their counterparts in higher-income countries. According to GLOBOCAN, in 2012 it was estimated that 2260 women are diagnosed with breast cancer and out of it 1102 died in Ghana. Breast cancer accounts for 15% of all malignancies in Ghana and it is estimated that majority of the cases are premenopausal and still in the work forces. Evidence has also shown that women who develop breast cancer at younger ages had more aggressive tumors, higher rate of metastasis, higher clinical stages and lower rate of hormone receptor expression (estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor) than older women. Aim: Provide education and screening on breast/cervical/prostate cancers and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs; hypertension and diabetes). Strategy/Tactics: Reach out to organized groups and offer them education and screening programs. Program/Policy process: We offered our policy/advocacy campaign by going outside the hospital to do public health education in the schools, offices, churches and communities especially in the rural areas where people don't have access to hospitals, on breast cancer education, early detection and screening. For the benefit of the people in the rural areas, this platform is also used to educate the people on NCDs such as hypertension, diabetes which is also killing a lot people due to lack of education. Outcomes: From the advocacy campaign on the breast cancer outside the hospitals we release that there has been much improvement in reporting breast cases to the hospitals early and a large number of people in the communities understand breast cancer and its implications. What was learned: If health workers and nongovernmental organizations involve themselves in breast cancer education and advocacy campaigns, it will help in eradicating and reducing the number of breast cancer cases in the country.

Objective: This study assessed the knowledge, perceptions and practices among health trainees in Ghana regarding COVID-19. Understanding the knowledge, perception and practices among health trainees can provide important information for policy formulations and proper planning.Method: The survey was conducted through a Google form link shared on students’ social media networks mainly through Facebook, and WhatsApp platforms. Responses received were imported to SPSS version 24 for cleaning and analysis. Output measures were demonstrated in simple frequency and percentages, using tables and charts. Fisher’s exact test was used to assess the effect of potential covariate on practice of preventive measures with their corresponding p-values.  Results: Twenty-five percent (25%) of respondents had good knowledge, 69% had moderate knowledge and 6% had poor knowledge on COVID-19. Regarding perception of health students on COVID-19, 8.47% indicated that drinking alcohol could protect them from the virus. More than 90% of participants’ practice the general preventive measures. Gender and level of program of study was found to be significantly associated with practice of preventive measure. Male students (54.64%) were engaged in good preventive practices compared to female students (43.75%).Conclusion: Majority of the health trainees had basic information and proactive practice towards COVID-19. Most trainees had good perception on the disease, however, a few still believe that drinking alcohol will prevent them from being infected with the disease. Gender and level of trainees are significant predictors of proactive practices towards COVID-19.