The National capital, Accra, for the second time in a decade, played host to the acclaimed, nationwide, “breast cancer walk for the cure” organised by leading anti-breast cancer campaigner, Breast care international
The seven-kilometre walk starting from the Obra spot at the Kwame Nkrumah in Accra witnessed thousands of anti-breast cancer participants, made up of students, policy makers, educationists and medical practitioners, members of the security services, and market women walking through some select principal streets of Accra amidst music and dancing.
There were international participants from the United States of America, India, the Netherlands, Morocco and India.
The enthusiastic crowd held aloft placards which bore anti-breast cancer messages, and walked briskly from the Obra spot at the Kwame Nkrumah circle through the Nkrumah avenue, Kinbu, the busy makola market before converging at the forecourt of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly for the highlight of the programme.
Organisers, highlighting reasons for the return to Accra, regretted the effects of pervasive local myths preventing many from seeking readily available medical treatment.
The President of Breast Care International, Dr. Beatrice Wiafe Addai said the organisation bears the cost of all the countrywide public awareness creation programs, and where the cost of treatment is prohibitive for a number of patients, corporate sponsorship had come handy on countless occasions to save lives, a good reason why BCI cannot decouple its’ success story from benefactors for their immeasurable support spanning over a decade.
She attributed the impressive gains, survivorship and immense public acceptance to the Charity’s unwavering loyalty to the cause of women.