The campaign was held jointly with Breast Care International (BCI) and it included screening and public education.

A health walk was held through some principals streets of Kumasi before a free breast screening exercise at the school’s campus at Amanfrom.

Patrons of the event, who included faculty members and students as well as residents of the community.

Breast Care International, as part of the partnership, distributed free breast self-examination gloves and thought participants how to examine their breasts.

Participants were also screened for blood pressure and sugar level.

In October every year, Breast Cancer charities worldwide put breast cancer issues under the spotlight, propagating information and raising funds to boost research, diagnosis, treatment and cure for breast cancer.

The Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM) is also dubbed ‘Pink October’.

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The move according to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the bank, Charlotte Baidoo is in recognition of the international breast cancer awareness month.

Speaking to Citi News, Charlotte Baidoo said the screening will be done for two day with support from other corporate bodies.

“Today, in recognition of the international breast cancer awareness month we have resolved to take the welfare and progress of its target market at heart, Women’s World Banking Ghana Limited is joining hands with other corporate bodies to embark on two-day breast cancer screening for its customer and general public”.

She added that the bank will focus on organizing other health events for women “considering how dear the welfare of women in particular and customer, in general, is to the board and management of WWBG, we have resolved to inculcate this event and other events bothering on the health of women into our corporate social responsibility activities. These we plan, will spread throughout year, rather than focusing on a particular month.”

Health practitioner at Peace and Love Hospital (breast care international), Grace Anin demanded that the women cultivate the habit of embarking on regular breast check up.

“Every woman must have regular checkup in order to notice any changes in the breast when it occurs. Women must exercise regularly, eat healthy and practice personal hygiene to help prevent breast cancer.”

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In attendance was Breast Care International (BCI) President, Dr. Breatrice Wiafe Addai, who in a post screening interview, told journalists in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi, that children present a better option by serving as primary agents for the effective dissemination of breast-cancer related information to their contemporaries and immediate family members.

“We could literally consider and brand these future leaders as uninitiated brand ambassadors in our quest to create a wide pool of talents who would sustain our campaign messages across generations to the public. The youth are technologically inclined, they integrate easily but more importantly, they are free from the traditional notions of witchcraft among other beliefs which partly account for late stage presentation of breast cancer cases to hospitals,” she stated.

The students, numbering more than three thousand, were taking through factors that pre-dispose women to breast cancer including poor dietary habits, alcoholism and family history, with Dr. Wiafe insisting that, breast cancer is treatable, curable, and is neither caused by witchcraft nor any other notional belief, stressing that Africans suffer high mortality rates because of late stage presentation of the disease.

The Breast Care medical team also took the students through the most common non-communicable diseases, especially hypertension and diabetes mellitus, and checked the members of staff for their blood pressure and their sugar level.

Elsewhere at Abankro, a village near Ejisu, also in the region, a similar exercise involving the townsfolk saw several enthusiastic women asking pertinent questions on breast cancer with the team providing answers to the satisfaction of all.

The Abankro programme was at the instance of an indigene resident in Accra, Francis Owusu, whose passion for the welfare of women drove him to invite the BCI team to screen the women of the town.

In attendance were ace actress and breast cancer ambassador, Nana Ama McBrown, who endeared herself to both gatherings as she advised the students to focus on their studies and resist acts of peer pressure.

Queen mothers Nana Serwaa Bonsu the second, and Nana Foriwa Amanfo, were separately present at the two programmes.

Dr. Wiafe again implored the women to carry out breast self- examination and promptly report any abnormality or suspicious development in their breast to hospitals for further examination.

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Zipnet won the ISP of the Year Award in recognition of its quality and reliable fixed wireless broadband Internet services to both the Enterprise and Residential Markets.

Zipnet established itself as the leading player in distribution and retailing Internet capacity using its own end-to-end IP network, pursuing its vision of making Internet Access available to all.

The Telecom Awards themed “Celebrating Excellence in the ICT Industry” saw Zipnet taking three other ICT related awards.

Zipnet against strong competition from other telecom and IT companies won ICT Company of the Year Award for offering a complete portfolio of Internet, Data Communication and IT Applications/Services to both Enterprise and Residential Customers.

Zipnet Founder and Executive  Chairman, Mr Osei Owusu Korkor, was awarded ICT Entrepreneur of the Year for his investment, vision and drive in getting Zipnet to where it is today as the largest indigenous Internet Service and Data Communication Company in Ghana.

Zipnet Executive Director, Mr Ernest Brown, was awarded ICT Personality of the Year for his contribution to ICT development in Ghana. He is currently the President of the Ghana Internet Service Providers Association (GISPA).

Speaking at the Awards Ceremony the Zipnet Executive Director for Strategy, Marketing and Consumer Market, Emmanuel Mensah-Baah, said “It’s been a great night for us and we appreciate this well-deserved recognition of our contribution to ICT sector in Ghana. We will however not rest on our laurels as we continue to work to serve our loyal customers.”

Mr Mensah-Baah further added “We are currently at the final stages of developing new entertainment, communication and security applications for our consumer customers and business applications and cloud solutions for our Enterprise Customers.

He attributed Zipnet’s success to the leadership of management and the dedicated staff. “We dedicate this award to our customers and business partners,” he concluded.

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