A Ghanaian investment firm and an insurer have begun building a 10-bed cancer care unit at St Anthony’s Hospital in Dzodze, aiming to spare Volta Region patients long journeys.
Regulus Investment and Financial Services Ghana Limited is funding the project with Provident Insurance as a corporate social responsibility initiative, working with the Catholic Diocese of Keta-Akatsi, which runs the hospital. Partners cut the sod at a ceremony in September.
The unit will offer cancer screening, early detection, counselling, treatment support and specialist care. Its target catchment includes Dzodze, the wider Volta Region and communities across the border.
That matters because Ghana’s cancer burden is heavy and most deaths follow late diagnosis. The country recorded an estimated 27,385 new cancer cases and 17,944 cancer deaths in 2022, according to the Global Cancer Observatory of the International Agency for Research on Cancer. Breast cancer was the most common, with 5,026 cases, followed by liver and cervical cancers. Health officials have cited poor public awareness and the high cost of care as drivers of late diagnosis.
Specialist treatment is still concentrated in a few cities. Dr Beatrice Wiafe Addai, founder of Breast Care International, said in September that Ghana has no comprehensive cancer centre.
Regulus said the project began after its staff visited the hospital and found cramped clinical space, limited equipment, and patients and families under heavy financial and emotional strain. The partners held an awareness and fundraising event on 5 November 2025.
Mavis Amegah, Chief Executive Officer of Regulus, said the unit would give patients screening and coordinated treatment in a more dignified setting. “Let us bring cancer care closer to the people,” she said.
Kenneth Doh, Managing Director of Provident Insurance Ghana, said the company backed the project because it believed in the community. The Most Reverend Gabriel Edoe Kumordji, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Keta-Akatsi, described the unit as a response to one of the country’s most pressing public health needs.
Local support has started to come in. Torgbui Adzenu III, Divisional Chief of Dzodze Afeyeme Agorgorme Sreme, gave GH¢5,000 in cash and two trips of sand valued at GH¢4,000, the Ghana News Agency reported.
The partners did not disclose the project’s cost or a completion date. Regulus has asked the Ministry of Health, the Ghana Health Service and other state agencies to help complete, equip and run the unit. It has also appealed to Dzodze residents, Ghanaians abroad, companies and development partners for money, equipment and technical support.
