# A public health call for action to address liver cancer and hepatitis in northern Ghana

## TL;DR

The paper calls for urgent action to improve hepatitis diagnosis and treatment in northern Ghana to prevent avoidable liver cancer cases.

## Contribution

The paper highlights the ethical issue of limited access to hepatitis care and proposes actionable solutions based on current evidence in Ghana.

## Key findings

- Lack of access to hepatitis diagnosis and treatment is unethical and leads to preventable liver cancer cases.
- Current evidence and research in Ghana suggest feasible ways to address hepatitis and liver cancer.
- A public health response is needed to tackle the issue in northern Ghana.

## Abstract

Lack of access to diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis is unethical, resulting in avoidable liver cancer cases. Drawing on existing evidence and current research in Ghana, we identify a number of ways to address hepatitis and liver cancer in Ghana.

Tuck et al. discuss the unethical lack of access to diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis and consequential avoidable liver cancer cases. Existing evidence and current research in Ghana identifies a number of ways to address hepatitis and liver cancer in Ghana.