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The Anidaso Parkinson's Disease Foundation  (APDF) in partnership with Parkinson’s Africa (PA)  will hold an awareness campaign on the Parkinson's Disease (PD) in Accra. 

The campaign being held from June 1 to June 3, 2022 is in collaboration with Colonel Guy Deacon, a retired British colonel, CBE, who was diagnosed with the disease for the past 11 years.

APDF and PA are two organisations with a common goal of improving the lives of Ghanaians affected by disease.
PD is the second most common neurological disorder in the world, and it is currently the fastest growing, with cases across Africa expected to rise dramatically in the coming years.

It is a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder that affects the part of the brain that controls movement and though formal prevalent studies have not been done, we know it forms 12 per cent of  diseases reported at the Neurology Clinics in our four major hospitals in Ghana. 

Many other functions, including mood, memory, cognition and sleep are also impacted.
 
As the disease progresses, the affected person’s ability to move and function independently becomes severely impacted, rendering them partially or wholly reliant on family, relatives and caregivers.

Across the world, neurological disorders, like PD, are now the leading cause of disability. 

What this means is that as Parkinson’s cases continue to rise across Ghana, and Africa, so will the burden it bears on society as a whole.