The Member of Parliament for Navrongo Central Constituency, Mr. Sampson Tangombu Chiragia in collaboration with Ghana Health Service (GHS) has initiated a mass breasts cancer screening across the Constituency.
Mr. Chiragia who described breast cancer as a silent killer said, the mass screening exercise ongoing across the Navrongo Constituency will help eliminate the deadly disease from his area.
“Breast Cancer is a silent killer in our community, and you know the way our ladies are, they try to hide it and before you realized they are gone. And this is because is difficult for our women to expose their breast to men”.
“So, when I realized the cancer is secretly killing our people, I decided to organize a breast cancer screening across the constituency for them”.
“At least from now on, every year, we will try to do something like that. If the awareness is created, the ladies can go to any health center on their own for the screening”.
“I lost my niece because of breast cancer somewhere last year and that also created awareness to me that there is something that can easily kill ladies”. He said
Meanwhile, expert says, Breast cancer can occur in women and rarely in men. Symptoms of breast cancer include a lump in the breast, bloody discharge from the nipple and changes in the shape or texture of the nipple or breast. Treatment depends on the stage of cancer. It may consist of chemotherapy, radiation and surgery.
However, beginning from Yua, Central health center, the Navrongo new market etc. Below is the breakdown so far.
Navrongo health centre 81
Gongnia 40
New market. 117
Total 238
Nyangua=62
Pungu North=70
Punyoro=86
Pungu south=125
Total screened=343
Manyoro =96
Natugnia=72
Yua =30
Gumongo=42
Total screened=240
Officials creating awareness on breast cancer:
According to a report, the majority of women who die from breast cancer (324 000) live in low- and middle-income countries, where most women are diagnosed in late stages due to a variety of factors. These include limited awareness on the part of the public and health care providers, and the lack of access to timely, affordable and effective diagnosis and treatment.
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