The Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) Liberia’s chapter in collaboration with the Economic Development Training Program has intensified the attention to cut back the crippling results of Breast Cancer, principally amongst girls.
This, in response to the organizer is in commemoration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Liberia and world wide.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month, held in October of yearly, was created in 1985 to advertise screening and prevention of the illness, which impacts about 2.3 million girls worldwide, that’s in response to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Speaking at an occasion marking the attention marketing campaign, Doctor Theresa Akoto Bamford from JAHMALE Medical Solution urged Liberians, principally girls and ladies, to be vigilant within the detection of breast most cancers as technique of guaranteeing a wholesome way of life which is important to their well-being.
“If you notice any changes in your breasts, such as a new lump or skin changes, consult your doctor. Also, ask your doctor when to begin mammograms and other screenings based on your personal medical records,” she suggested.
According to her, searching for medical therapy early is a holistic strategy in all efforts to hunt well being and wholeness for everybody, and indicated, “Because cancer doesn’t come with pain but women should always do medical check-up.”
Doctor Bamford nonetheless then known as on girls, with the assist of males in Liberia, to rise and shine the highlight on breast most cancers, including that Liberia can’t be complete till everybody stands in solidarity with, and helps breast Cancer survivors and pushes consciousness every day.
YWCA-Liberia Program Manager, Barzeah Youlo Msowoya mentioned the early purpose of breast most cancers consciousness month is to teach girls in regards to the illness and detection checks in order that they’ll lead wholesome lives.
“One of the key goals to achieve this is to promote mammogram as an important tool to be used in the fight against breast cancer,” she maintained.
A mammogram is an X-ray of the breast, and for a lot of girls, mammograms are one of the simplest ways to seek out breast most cancers early, when it’s simpler to deal with and earlier than it’s large enough to really feel or trigger signs. Having common mammograms can decrease the chance of dying from breast most cancers.
Giving a quick historic background, Madam Youlo Msowoya defined that the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month was launched in October 1985 by means of a partnership between the American Cancer Society and the pharmaceutical division of imperial chemical industries to advertise mammograms as the simplest software to combat the illness.
As for Liberia, it was first launched with an outreach session in November 2020 in partnership with the Liberian Cancer Society which seeks to beat native challenges and supply free screening, she mentioned.
Though October is designated as the attention month, she suggested that the combat towards breast most cancers must be a continued course of and a subject mentioned all year long in colleges, workplaces, church buildings and Mosques, amongst others.
Since 1985, there was sustained consciousness towards the worldwide menace. Known finest for its pink theme coloration, the month options a variety of campaigns and applications carried out by teams starting from breast most cancers advocacy organizations to local people organizations and main retailers.
Notably, it’s geared toward supporting individuals identified with breast most cancers, together with metastatic breast most cancers – a breast most cancers that spreads to different elements of the physique, educating individuals about breast most cancers threat elements, stressing the significance of normal screening, beginning at age 40 or an age that’s applicable on your private breast most cancers threat and fundraising for breast most cancers analysis.
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