It is estimated that approximately 850 million people worldwide have kidney disease, most living in low-income and lower-middle-income countries where access to diagnosis, prevention or treatment is limited due to financial challenges.

Over the years, several research studies and reports have found that Chronic Kidney Disease has no cure but can be treated with some scientific medicines and dialysis machines, which sometimes take the entire lifespan of the patient.

However, Dr Wiafe Akenteng, a Ghanaian herbal doctor and founder of the Natural Way Herbal Clinic, has strived to make a difference.

He has extensively researched and cured over 3,000 patients of kidney disease since 2012 using purely natural medicines.

His first successful case in 2012 involved curing a class 6 pupil. Remarkably, some of his cured patients were foreigners, including whites and African Americans.

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Motivation:

Dr. Akenteng’s motivation stems from witnessing the debilitating effects of kidney disease on his close family and friends.

He recognized gaps in conventional medical approaches to holistically treating patients.

Through research, Dr. Akenteng developed combinations of approximately 32 natural medicines to cure patients.

Myth:

Speaking to ModernGhana News on Thursday, April 25, Dr. Akenteng noted that terms like "chronic" are used medically to mislead the masses in order to promote the continuous sales of chemical drugs.

He says diseases like Hepatitis B can be cured at his clinic through research-backed natural remedies.

Affordable treatment:

Compared to standard treatment costs of over GHS4,800 per month in Ghana, Dr. Akenteng offers treatment for as little as two months of dialysis costs.

Some patients are even cured within 2 to 20 days, which conventional approaches cannot achieve over a patient's lifetime, said the doctor.

Scepticism:

Testimonies of Dr. Wiafe Akenteng’s cure for kidney disease are rife in and outside Ghana with some popular figures being beneficiaries.

However, many kidney patients remain sceptical due to warnings from biomedical doctors against alternatives, fearing worsening conditions.

Dr. Akenteng asserts the most effective "chronic" cures come from extensively researched natural herbs.

Call for government intervention:

He petitioned the government to have the National Health Insurance Scheme sponsor treatment for dangerous diseases like tuberculosis, kidney disease and others.

“The NHIS should be made to sponsor people with dangerous diseases such as TB, Kidney disease and others,” Dr. Wiafe Akenteng said.

This, according to him, could significantly help patients access costly care like dialysis and save lives.

Awards and recognition:

Dr. John Quaye Danyansah Wiafe Akenteng, the revered doctor has, among others, received an honour from George Fox University in Newberg, OR, USA in 2021.

The Rectitude International Mission (RIM) and World Diplomatic Federation (WODIF), a reputable award governing body, recommended the modern-day herbal practitioner to the university’s governing Council.