{"id":405047,"date":"2018-02-27T18:46:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T18:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=405047"},"modified":"2018-02-27T18:46:07","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T18:46:07","slug":"support-wives-diagnosed-breast-cancer-husbands-advised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=405047","title":{"rendered":"Support wives diagnosed with breast cancer \u2013 Husbands advised"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian men have been advised to support their wives who are diagnosed with breast cancer.<\/p>\n<p>The advice was given by the President of Breast Care International (BCI), Dr. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, during a free breast screening session for members of the Nkawkaw Diocese of the Methodist Church in the Eastern Region.<\/p>\n<p>Scores of women who thronged the screening exercise as part of activities held to mark the church\u2019s first anniversary were grateful to Dr. Wiafe and her team for the exercise.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_405049\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-405049\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-405049 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/breast-care-international-in-nkawkaw-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/breast-care-international-in-nkawkaw-2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/breast-care-international-in-nkawkaw-2-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-405049\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some members of the Nkawkaw Diocese of the Methodist Church in the Eastern Region<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Eastern Region has benefited from a number of free breast screening exercises from BCI.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, BCI marked its local version of World Cancer Day in the town, and this was preceded by other programmes.<\/p>\n<p>It was however not surprising that some women accompanied by relatives, swarmed the BCI team when they arrived in the area, with many giving testimonies about the organization, while others confessed they had stepped out boldly and were undergoing treatment presently.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-405048 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/breast-care-international-in-nkawkaw-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/breast-care-international-in-nkawkaw-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/breast-care-international-in-nkawkaw-1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>BCI used the opportunity to educate the church members on breast cancer and the need to seek early treatment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_405051\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-405051\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-405051 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/breast-care-international-in-nkawkaw-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/breast-care-international-in-nkawkaw-4.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/breast-care-international-in-nkawkaw-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/breast-care-international-in-nkawkaw-4-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-405051\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some members of the Nkawkaw Diocese of the Methodist Church in the Eastern Region<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian men have been advised to support their wives who are diagnosed with breast cancer. The advice was given by the President of Breast Care International (BCI), Dr. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, during a free breast screening session for members of the Nkawkaw Diocese of the Methodist Church in the Eastern Region. 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