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Abiba loses her breast due to negligence
Abiba Abu, a breast cancer patient who has been living with the disease for seven years has finally lost her affected breast. Abiba is left to protect her life from the dreaded disease. This is however due to her own inaction which has resulted in her current predicament. Early 2023,…
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Jul 23
Make time for check-ups- Women advised
The Officer-In-Charge of Health at the Awutu Camp Prison, ASP Charity Adede Ocansey has advised the general public, especially security officers to add to their schedules and expenses health check-ups. According to the Prisons officer who is also a Physician Assistant, it is worrying that women have time for other…
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Jul 23
MBCF goes to the aid of Awutu Camp Prison with breast cancer education and screening
Female Prison Officers at the Awutu Camp Prison have been screened for breast cancer. The Meena Breast Cancer Foundation (MBCF) took the breast screening exercise to the doorstep of the officers to engage them about the dangers of the disease. This was part of the Foundation’s campaign for early detection…
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Hesitating to attend breast cancer screening and education inhibits fight against disease-MBCF
Meena Breast Cancer Foundation (MBCF) has observed with concern the lackadaisical attitude of some women to attend organized screening and sensitization events. A midwife with the Tema General Hospital Dorothy Denkyi who made the observation indicated that such behaviors would inhibit the fight against breast cancer. “If you hear that…
15 adolescents identified with lumps in their breasts as MBCF visits Petuduase
At least fifteen pupils of the Petuduase T.I Ahmadiyya Basic School in the Central Region have been identified to have lumps in their breasts. The adolescents, ranging from ages 12 to 15 were screened together with women in Petuduase during Meena Breast Cancer Foundation’s (MBCF), breast cancer sensitization and screening…
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Jul 23
MBCF breast screening campaign-Women urged to refrain from drinking alcohol
Women have been urged to refrain from taking alcohol as the fight against breast cancer intensifies. Giving the advice, a nurse with the Tema General Hospital, Dorothy Yirenkyi said alcohol makes women susceptible to contracting breast cancer among other unhealthy living habits. She was speaking to residents of Otwekrom, a…
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Jul 23
Women of Otwekwa educated and screened for breast cancer
Women of Otwekwa within the Agona Swedru Municipality in the Central Region have been educated and screened for breast cancer. Meena Breast Cancer Foundation (MBCF) put together the exercise as it intensifies the fight against the disease. Women in the deprived community turned up in their numbers to undertake the…
