Women Urged To Have Their Breasts Examined
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, has reiterated the call on women to seek early treatment for breast cancer. Chief Director of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Dr Afisah Zakaria Chief Director of the Ministry, Dr Afisah Zakaria, said breast cancer treatment is now supported by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) with subsidy for mammography for all women aged 40 years and above. Thus encouraged them to have their breasts examined regularly stating “the Ministry encourages all women to take advantage of this package to have their breast examined.” Dr Zakaria made the call, when the Ministry organised a free breast cancer awareness talk and screening for its staff. She indicated that globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that about 2.26 million new cases of breast cancer and 685,000 deaths were recorded in the heat of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. A report by the Global Cancer Observatory also record...










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