In the Low/Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), mortality from breast cancer is very high (approx. 50%) and this is because about 60-70% of patients report with late-stage disease. One of our greatest weapons in the fight against breast cancer in Ghana is education and awareness creation. Many women do not seek treatment either because they do not […]
About one thousand seven hundred (1,700) women died from cervical cancer annually in Ghana. According to Dr. (Mrs.) Beatrice Wiafe Addai, CEO of Peace and Love Hospitals, Founder and President of Breast Care International and Chairperson of Ghana NCD Alliance. At least Two thousand, Eight hundred (2,800) women are diagnosed with cervical cancer yearly in
On Wednesday, December 14, 2022, Breast Care International through its partnership with Direct Relief, USA, donated some essential medicines to some facilities in Ghana. The medicines were donated to assist the poor and needy patients suffering from breast cancer and other non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, hypertension etc. Some beneficiaries include Peace and Love Hospital,
Breast Care International (BCI) has climaxed this year’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, observed every October with a call on the general public, especially females, to perform a self-examination of their breasts at least once every month. According to the President of BCI, Dr Beatrice Wiafe-Addai, more people in the western world were diagnosed of breast
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Find photos from the 10th Annual National Breast Cancer Ghana Walk held at Tepa in the Ahafo Ano North district. It was under the theme: “Breast cancer won’t rest, so why should we?” It was the first time the exercise, meant to educate people on the disease was being held outside a regional capital.
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Breast Care International (BCI) has appealed to the Gender Ministry to extend the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme to cover vulnerable breast cancer patients who are stranded at the country’s various health facilities. BCI believes that with the Ministry’s help, the lives of many innocent yet hardworking women would be saved. Speaking at the
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The president of Breast Care International (BCI), Dr. (Mrs) Beatrice Wiafe-Addai, has said prayer camps and spirituality have no place in providing a solution to the increasing number of breast cancer cases in Ghana. Instead, she wants a focus on science and early reporting of cases at health facilities. While not downplaying the importance of prayer,
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The President of Breast Care International (BCI), Dr. Mrs. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, has appealed to men to avail themselves to be educated in breast cancer control in Ghana. She said men words are highly respected by women so they will be in a better position in advising and encouraging women on the disease control after
Chairperson for the Ghana Non-Communicable Diseases Alliance (GhNCDA), Dr. Mrs. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, has admonished fathers to be more health conscious. She said Ghanaians must cultivate the habit of routine check-up to detect potentially life-threatening health conditions early to increase chances of treatment and cure. Dr. (Mrs.) Beatrice Wiafe Addai, who’s also the President and
According to a Lancet Oncology (clinical oncology journal) report, cancer deaths could increase from 520,348 in 2020 to a million in 2030. Moreover, it said, the annual number of new cancer cases could increase from 800,000 to 1.5 million over the same period. The report, launched by the First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, in Accra yesterday,
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There is renewed hope for cancer, hypertension, asthma, and diabetic patients as drugs are distributed free of charge to improve their health conditions. Most of the patients in rural areas are unable to afford the medicines they need and are therefore disadvantaged. For instance, cancer patients spend between GH¢500 and GH¢1,500 every 3 weeks on
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