October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is marked in countries across the world, and helps to increase attention and support for awareness, early diagnosis, and treatment as well as palliative care for women and men facing this disease. This year theme was WEAR IT PINK 2024, this an annual event that invites people to wear pink clothing or accessories to show their support for breast cancer awareness.
Early diagnosis remains the cornerstone of breast cancer control. When found early, and if adequate diagnosis and treatment are available, there is a good chance that breast cancer can be cured. If detected late, however, curative treatment is often no longer an option. In such cases, treatment may improve quality of life and delay disease progression, while supportive and palliative care should be readily available to relieve suffering for patients and their families.
In view of that South Tongu District Assembly in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service, South Tongu District organized a day program for stuffs in the assembly and other institutions around the district to pass by for the screening on Wednesday 23rd of October,2024.
In attends was the District Chief Executive (DCE) Lynford kwesi Tetteh, Presiding member Hon Victoria Dzeklo, (DCD) District Co-Ordinating Director Setsoafia Kpenu and all heads of Department.
The (DCD) District Co-Ordinating Director Setsoafia Kpenu welcomed everyone and adviced that everyone should sit down and listen and take advice giving to them by the health personals from the Ghana Health Service and then welcomed the District Chief Executive (DCE) Lynford kwesi Tetteh.
The District Chief Executive (DCE) Lynford kwesi Tetteh welcome address stuff’s and made mention that gone are the days when women get breast cancer, they are asked to go to the prayer camps. Stuffs should take advantage of the breast screening Mrs. Enam Bedi from Ghana Health Service, South Tongu gave the reason of their presence there, which is screening breast cancer, she then made a presentation on the overview of breast cancer, risk and its prevention. Same Signs and symptoms of Breast cancer are
- Lump
- Pulled in nipple
- Dimpling
- Dripping
Same risk factors of Breast cancer (Modifiable once)
Not being Physically being overweight or obese
Smoking and drinking of Alcohol.
Madam Sandra also from the Ghana Health Service also illustrated how to breast self-examination is done then it was time for questions and answers.
