Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Breast Cancer

Govt urged to provide adequate breast care centres.

The Government has been called upon to provide adequate breast care centres across the district and regional levels, for easy access. The Executive Director of Meena Breast Cancer Foundation, Ibrahim Oppong Kwarteng, made the call at a news conference in...

Be guided, sucking of breast does not prevent breast cancer – Midwife.

The public has been advised against misconstruing sucking of breast to the prevention of breast cancer because that is a misconception.   “It is not the men sucking the breast that would prevent the cancer as perceived, but the issue is,...

Breasts cancer victims urged to subject to full treatment.

Ms Gifty Aidoo, Pharmacist, and President of the Volta River Authority (VRA) Ladies Association has encouraged breasts cancer victims to subject themselves to the full course of treatment to avoid the many deaths encountered with the disease. She said though...

Breast Cancer: 26 women diagnosed at Effia Nkwanta in one year.

Twenty-six women have been diagnosed with breast cancer at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital in the Western Region within 12 months. Mrs Jackline Addae, the Officer in charge of the Breast Clinic, said between October 2022 and September, this year,...

About 2,000 women died of Breast cancer in Ghana in 2020-Report.

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in Ghana, killing about 2,000 women in 2020 in Ghana.  This was contained in a report by Changing Young Minds Project, a breast and cervical awareness group made available...

Alcohol, shisha, bleaching risk factors of breast cancer — Dr Wiafe.

The Founder of Breast Care International (BCI), Dr Beatrice Addae Wiafe, has advised the citizenry, particularly young women, to desist from taking alcohol excessively, smoking shisha and applying bleaching agents on their skin as they are some of the...

Meena Breast Cancer Foundation screens street hawkers  

More than 200 street hawkers have benefitted from a breast cancer screening exercise organised by the Meena Breast Cancer Foundation (MBCF) with an appeal for support to expand the awareness creation on the disease   The MBCF seeks to raise...
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85% of Ghanaians want free SHS maintained – Afrobarometer Report.

The latest edition of the Afrobarometer Report has revealed that 85% of Ghanaians want free senior high school (FSHS)...
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