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The Spectator Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign
• Kanieshie Market Complex, the venue for the breast cancer screening
Breast Cancer is one of the topical medical adversaries the world is facing today. It occurs in women and rarely in men. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), there were 2.3 million women diagnosed with breast cancer and 685, 000 deaths globally in 2020.
As of the end of 2020, the WHO said there were 7.8 million women alive who were diagnosed with breast cancer in the past five years, making it the world’s most prevalent cancer.
This means that the disease is endemic to women, which gives credence to the sensitivity of this cancer towards women.
For this reason, The Spectator, Your Weekend Companion, is beginning a breast cancer campaign this October (Breast Cancer Month) to create awareness on the dangers of the disease to women in particular, who coincidentally align with the brand personality of the newspaper.
Breast Cancer has reached national and global prominence because of its traumatic and potentially devastating effect on women. The Spectator Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign, therefore, will be under the theme, “Life Before and After Breast Cancer: A future of Positivity and Hope.”
Objectives of the Campaign
The Spectator, a uniquely feminist health conscious brand, supported by its socially responsible organisation, the New Times Corporation, publishers of our newspaper as well as Ghanaian Times, intends to use the month-long campaign to educate the public on early symptoms and signs of Breast Cancer; preventive measures, diagnostic and treatment centres; the measures put in place for early detection; the various options available for cure; and also to assist in the management of patients of Breast Cancer, among others.
Events for the Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign
There will be four main events for the Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign, and these include the unveiling of campaign in The Spectator, breast screening at the Kaneshie Market Complex, Talk at Labone Senior High School and articles in the newspaper.
Breast Cancer Screening
The Breast Cancer Screening would be held on Thursday, October 6, 2022, at 11:a.m. and Friday, October 7, 2022, at 10:a.m. It would be preceded by an opening ceremony at the first floor of the Kaneshie Market Complex on October 6 at 10:a.m. to officially unveil the campaign.
Medical doctors and nurses from Kaneshie Medical Centre and Kaneshie Polyclinic would be present to perform the screening. About 600 women are expected to go through the two-day breast cancer screening.
Dignitaries to attend
Dignitaries expected to grace the opening ceremony are the Minister-designate of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Hajia Lariba Zuweira Abudu, Country Representative of World Health Organisation (WHO), and Managing Director of New Times Corporation, Mr Martin Adu Owusu, to mention a few.
Talk on Breast Cancer
Experts from WHO Ghana, Ghana Health Service (GHS) and Ladybits Health and Wellness Clinic would educate students of Labone Senior High (SHS) and other students in Accra on Breast Cancer at the Labone SHS campus on Friday, October 21, 2022, at 1:p.m.
Coverage
The Spectator would do extensive publications of the month-long Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign. Articles on breast cancer written by health experts and other authors with knowledge of the disease will be featured in the paper. The coverage of the two main events (Breast Cancer screening at Kaneshie Market Complex and talks at Labone Senior High School) will also be published in both The Spectator and the Ghanaian Times.
Partners
The Campaign is organised by the New Times Corporation in partnership with WHO (lead partners), Labone School Senior High School, Unichem Ghana Group, Kaneshie Market Complex, Kaneshie Medical Centre, Kaneshie Polyclinic, and Cheezzy Pizza.
A lot of information on Breast Cancer is in store (in The Spectator) for readers throughout the month. Book your copies in advance.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
The Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has disbursed GHS134,000 to 22 students under the latest round of his Scholarship and Bursaries Programme.
According to a statement from his office, the 22 beneficiaries are enrolled in 16 tertiary institutions across the country.
They are studying various courses, including medicine, marketing, law, public health, midwifery, business administration, education, and secretaryship.
The MP’s office commended the beneficiaries, especially the five students currently studying medicine and physician assistantship, encouraging them to remain committed to their studies.
The statement indicated that the scholarship initiative, which began in 2017, aims to support brilliant but needy students from the Ofoase Ayirebi Constituency to further their education. So far, about 700 students have benefited from the program.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Four tricycle operators, popularly known as ‘Pragya’, have been prosecuted and fined GH¢600 each equivalent to 50 penalty units by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Sanitation Court for obstructing public roads at the Agbogbloshie Market.
The offenders, who were arrested by Public Health Officers of the AMA during a routine enforcement exercise, pleaded guilty to the offence and were subsequently convicted by the court.
The four operators were among the 21 offenders recently arrested at the Agbogbloshie Market for various sanitation and public order violations, including selling on open drains, obstructing walkways, and trading at unauthorised locations.
Speaking after the court proceedings, the Head of Public Health at the AMA, Madam Florence Kuukyi, said the court was lenient with the offenders since it was their first appearance, hence the fine, and warned that subsequent offenders would face stiffer penalties, including imprisonment.
