{"id":367858,"date":"2017-11-02T12:00:51","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T12:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=367858"},"modified":"2017-11-02T12:00:51","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T12:00:51","slug":"kumasi-gtuc-joins-breast-cancer-awareness-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/kumasi-gtuc-joins-breast-cancer-awareness-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumasi GTUC joins breast cancer awareness campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"
Faculty of IT Business at the Ghana Technology University College (GTUC), Kumasi campus has joined advocates to hold a breast cancer awareness campaign.<\/p>\n
The campaign was held jointly with\u00a0Breast Care International (BCI) and it included screening and public education.<\/p>\n
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A health walk was held through some principals streets of Kumasi before a free breast screening exercise at the school’s campus at Amanfrom.<\/p>\n
Patrons of the event, who included\u00a0faculty members and students as well as residents of the community.<\/p>\n
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Breast Care International, as part of the partnership, distributed free breast self-examination gloves and thought participants how to examine their breasts.<\/p>\n
Participants were also screened for blood pressure and sugar level.<\/p>\n
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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.<\/p>\n
The Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM) is also dubbed ‘Pink October’.<\/p>\n
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By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Faculty of IT Business at the Ghana Technology University College (GTUC), Kumasi campus has joined advocates to hold a breast cancer awareness campaign. The campaign was held jointly with\u00a0Breast 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":367860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[1986,1286,3,1987],"yoast_head":"\n