Some participants at the ceremony. INSET: Jayana speaking
Award-winning gospel artiste, Jemima Annor Yeboah, aka Jayana, teamed up with “Support a Mother Save a Child Foundation” to touch lives by offering free breast cancer screening to over 100 people.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month which is marked in several countries across the world and helps to increase attention and support, early diagnosis and treatment as well as palliative care for women facing this disease.
According to WHO, breast cancer is the most frequent cancer among women, impacting 2.1 million women each year, and also causes the greatest number of cancer-related deaths among women.
In 2018, it was estimated that 627,000 women died from breast cancer – that was approximately 15% of all cancer deaths among women.
The event took place at Christian Praise International Centre (CPIC) located at Pigfarm on Friday at 9:00 am, with a lot of participants ready to get screened.
Dignitaries in attendance were Bishop Prof. Stephen Owusu Jackson (Chairman of CPIC) Mrs. Mercy Yeboah(Women Leader CPIC), Mr. Eddie Ray (Kasapa FM), Mr. Wear Ghana, Mr. Timothy Bentum (Praise TV) and a host of others.
Four minor cases and a severe case were detected; all others were free from the harmful disease. The five people with cases have been referred to the Mamprobi Poly Clinic for scan and further review.
Jayana in an address said, “I am aware of how breast cancer has been killing people especially women worldwide, and most of these cases happen as a result of late detection, therefore, I was very passionate about this project to help save lives; and thanks to Support a Mother Save a Child Foundation for partnering to make it a success.”