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The President and Founder of Breast Care International, Dr. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, has cautioned against the current reticence of civil society and policymakers on the rampaging effects of breast cancer on the poor and vulnerable in society. The leadership of the Continent’s foremost, not for profit, pro-poor health Charity, says the continued inaction and the […]

Ghana recorded 8,037 deaths from cancer-related diseases in 2020, Dr. (Mrs) Beatrice Wiafe Addai, the former Chairperson of the Ghana Cancer Board, has disclosed. Giving the breakdown, the Consultant Surgeon said, out of the figure, 2,055 related to breast cancer, 3,166 to liver cancer, 1,117 to prostate and 1,699 to cervical cancer. She indicated that,

15,802 people were reported dead in Ghana from cancer in 2020, according to Global Cancer, Mortality and Prevalence (Globacan) 2020 report. The report also estimated that 24,009 new cases of cancers occur annually in Ghana, by the known common cancers, which are breast, liver, cervix, and prostate. The President of Breast Care International (BCI), Dr.

BREAST CARE INTERNATIONAL JOINS OVER 113 COUNTRIES TO CELEBRATE WORLD CANCER DAY 2021, AS GHANA’S CASES SHOOT UP. World Cancer Day takes place every year on 4th February and is the uniting global initiative under which the world comes together to raise the profile of cancer in a positive and inspiring way. Spearheaded by the

Breast Care International (BCI), a campaigner against breast cancer in Africa has devised a strategy to keep the Breast Cancer awareness campaign alive amidst COVID-19 with a two-tier fundraising cocktail event. The event comes off on Saturday, October 10, 2020, in Kumasi at the Jofel Catering services, followed by another in Accra, on Saturday, October

The President of Breast Care International (BCI), Dr. Mrs. Beatrice Wiafe Addai has revealed that Ghana is ranked 10th in breast cancer cases in Africa. Speaking with Nana Kwabena Addo on Radio 1, she said although death, through cancer has surpassed the deaths as a result of malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS combined; it has not

The Ghana Non-Communicable Diseases Alliance (GhNCD) has challenged policymakers, health care institutions and professionals not to relegate the health needs of patients with cancers, stroke, hypertension and diabetes onto the sidelines, as they focus on rolling back Covid-19 cases. “Though covid-19 is fatal and deserves the needed attention, we are nonetheless encouraging hospitals to give