The two institutions share a common goal of creating awareness and educating women about breast cancer.

Head of Comforting Queens,  Afuah Anku, told the media in Kumasi that she was motivated to join the fight against breast cancer after witnessing her mother  go through diagnosis, treatment  and cure.

She was of the conviction that the disease could be contained provided public education was intensified and women heeded to the call not to patronize products and services not medically certified for treatment of the disease.

Comforting Queens raises money for the acquisition of wigs, bras, and prostheses for breast cancer patients in a bid to enhance their physical look and feel.

The Chief Executive Officer of Peace and Love Hospitals, who doubles as the President of Breast Care International (BCI), Dr. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, who received the items, commended Comforting Queens for the gesture and encouraged the public to help survivors live economically viable lives after treatment, saying the fight against breast cancer is a shared responsibility.

Dr. Wiafe, who in turn gave the items to the Peace and Love Survivors Association, (PALSA), directed that they should be given to survivors with low income backgrounds.

Dr. Wiafe said, a woman, according to statistics from the World Health Organization “dies somewhere around the globe every sixty-nine seconds from breast cancer.”

“That woman,” she continued, “could be your mother, sister, niece, wife, daughter or even friend.”

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The BCI President, who is also the CEO of the Peace and Love Hospitals, said highlighting the financial burden of diabetes, stroke and hypertension for instance would jolt policy makers into formulating more proactive programs to stem the increasing  wave, while creating awareness about the associated dangers for the unsuspecting public.

“The National Media Commission, and the National Communications Authority, regulators of the sector, the Ghana Journalists Association, and owners of private media houses should coordinate efforts to make this a reality. Our health is our wealth,” she reiterated.

Dr. Wiafe was speaking at the third in the series of the BCI-Delta Airlines sponsored free breast screening exercise at the Saint Bakhita Catholic Church, community twenty, Lashibi, on the spintex road, Accra.

Dr. Wiafe, who credited the media for accomplishing several national engagements, including helping stabilize the country’s democratic dispensation, said “it was about time the media shifted focus, and devoted more air time and print space to non-communicable diseases”, which she said “ had been a silent killer, needlessly claiming thousands of innocent productive lives.”

Turning to the Lashibi screening, Dr. Wiafe encouraged the women to periodically carry out their own breast self- examination, and report any abnormality to hospitals for further investigations and prompt treatment.

She commended the leadership of the Saint Bakhita catholic church for organizing the maiden health fair,  which was designed to bring healthcare to the doorstep of the faithful, and encouraged the congregation, especially those with suspicious cases, to resist the fear of stigmatization and step out for treatment.

The renowned breast surgeon counselled the women against attributing or linking breast cancer to demonic forces or any other superstitious belief, insisting that while causes of the disease remain unknown, risk factors, including poor dietary habits, alcohol intake, genetics and smoking among others, remain dangerous to the health of those with a family history of breast cancer.

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