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 explained that the Driver and the Breast Cancer Initiative is aimed at supporting the global campaign against breast cancer using our public transport drivers as key advocates. He added that the daily interactions with the general public and trade women more importantly was the reason for using the Drivers as key advocates.
“This is historic because different organizations with different advocacy and aspirations have decided to come together for a common cause. The cause to stop the spread of breast cancer using the transport”, Mr. Asante emphasized.
The Country Director further noted as part of the campaign drivers will be trained on basic knowledge of the disease to equip them to execute the task assigned them which he said includes educating the women and showing documentaries on breast cancer in their vehicles.
The President of the CETSED, Mr. Hamilton Biney Nixon stressed that” we decided to partner this campaign because we are a human centred organization adding that hence the need for drivers to come on board especially as October, which is breast cancer month approaches. “We are more than capable to effectively use our road transport as key point of advocacy for the continuous awareness creation geared towards saving the lives of our women as well as ensuring safer roads for users and keeping our roads of the needless daily carnage”, Mr. Biney emphasized. He therefore expressed CETSED’s commitment towards ensuring that the partnership yields a desired results.