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A twenty-six year old breast cancer patient, Abena Mansah, who is battling for her life, is advocating against the use of traditional medicines in treating breast cancer disease. She said if she had listened to medical advice that traditional medicine treatment for breast cancer compounds its treatment rather than curing, her breast cancer would not […]

Dr. (Mrs.) Beatrice Wiafe Addai was honored to receive the Distinguished Public Health Award and the Global Healthcare Leader – Breast cancer research and surgery award at the just ended MHM Leaders in Health and Tech Conference, Accra – Ghana. Dr. (Mrs.) Beatrice Wiafe-Addai is a Ghanaian Medical Doctor with 32 years’ experience. She is

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso, Dr Kingsley Nyarko has profusely commended President of Breast Care International (BCI), Dr Beatrice Wiafe Addai for waging a formidable fight against breast cancer disease in the country. Making a statement in Parliament on Psychological interventions for persons living with breast cancer to mark the World Breast Cancer

The former President of the Republic,  His Excellency, John Agyekum Kuffuor has urged the public to donate to support the efforts of Dr. (Mrs.) Beatrice Wiafe Addai of the Breast Care International (BCI) in seeking remedy for breast cancer disease. Speaking in a pre-recorded video at the fund raising ceremony by Breast Care International in

President of Breast Care International, Dr. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, has cautioned women to report to the hospital immediately they notice changes in their breasts rather than going to churches for solutions. According to her, there is no cure for breast cancer in any church. “Breast cancer is not a spiritual disease, no pastor or spiritualist

Breast Care International in collaboration with Otumfuo Foundation have organized a Two (2)-Day Training Workshop on Breast Cancer Education and Clinical Screening for Nurses from some selected Hospitals in the Ashanti Region. This is to equip the nurses to offer free clinical breast screening for masses in the metropolis. The objective of this project is

The Centre for Transport Security Dialogue (CETSED) and Breast Care International(BCI) have launched “the Driver and the Breast Cancer” campaign aimed at creating breast cancer awareness at the lorry terminals and commercial buses across the country. Speaking at the Launch of the Event in Accra on Monday, the Country Director of CETSED Mr. Kofi Asante

On Monday September 6, 2021, Ms. Philippa Larsen, the President of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) and the National and Regional Executives paid a working visit to Breast Care International and the Peace and Love Hospital in Kumasi. The visit was also to officially visit a staff of Ghana Education Service who has

The President of Breast Care International (BCI) Dr. Mrs. Beatrice Wiafe Addai has called on the government to intervene in the upsurge of breast cancer cases in the country. She revealed that the disease accounted for more than 2,000 deaths out of 4,000 women who were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020 during the COVID-19

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.