Breast Care International (BCI), a leading breast cancer awareness creation and treatment organization, has scored another feat in its campaign for the reduction and possible eradication of the disease in Ghana.
The organization, founded by Dr (Mrs.) Beatrice Wiafe Addai, a Consultant Breast Surgeon, has for years been at the forefront of the campaign against the disease in the country.
Its tremendous achievements in education, clinical screening and training of nurses to look for breast cancer patients and refer them for appropriate treatment has attracted International recognition including the USA based Susan G Komen for the Cure which collaborated with it in organizing the first ever Susan G Komen Race for the Cure in Ghana this year.
The latest recognition is from the Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon, an innovative partnership designed to leverage public and private investments in global health to combat breast and cervical cancer.
Engineered by the George W. Bush institute, the US President�s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon is well positioned to expand the availability of vital cervical cancer screening and treatment besides breast cancer education.
BCI represented Africa in the area of Breast Cancer Campaign at a forum dubbed the �Summit To Save Lives� recently organized by Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon in Washington (DC), USA while Zambia shared her experiences in cervical cancer crusade.
An elated Dr (Mrs.) Wiafe Addai, President of BCI who is also the Chief Executive of Peace and Love Hospitals in Accra and Kumasi told the �Times� that Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon invited BCI because it found her organization as the best example in the fight against breast cancer in Africa�.
Source: Godwin Ofosu-Acheampong/Peacefmonline.com
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