Rabito Clinic, CDA Consult to hold free breast cancer screening for Graphic staff
Rabito Clinic, in collaboration with the Communication for Development and Advocacy Consult (CDA Consult), will offer free breast cancer screening and education for staff of the Daily Graphic tomorrow as part of the “Female journalist, your story matters: Don't let breast cancer silence you” initiative.
The exercise, the second in the series by Rabito Clinic, will see the health facility setting up a mobile free screening centre at the Daily Graphic premises to screen journalists.
The team did a similar set-up at Amansan Television (ATV) to screen scores of journalists on October 3.
In a statement, Mr Banguu Delle, Chief Executive Officer of Rabito Clinic, a leading dermatology facility in the country, called on female journalists to get screened, live a healthy lifestyle and not allow breast cancer to silence them from telling the stories.
Mr Delle said the increasing awareness of the disease and promoting self-examination among women would transform society and empower women to take control of their lives.
Joint effort
He said Rabito Clinic and CDA Consult had joined forces to upscale breast cancer education among female journalists, stressing that breast cancer awareness among the inky fraternity formed part of Rabito Clinic and CDA Consult’s effort to give back to society and empower the critical masses who will also serve as vanguards for breast cancer education.
The Rabito Clinic CEO said early detection played a pivotal role in optimising the prognosis of breast cancer; hence the need for women to partake in events geared towards sensitisation to the deadly disease.
Mr Banguu stressed the critical role women play in society and added that “the female journalists’ breast cancer project attests to Rabito’s commitment to women’s health, wellness, and health education.
Early screening
Mr Francis Ameyibor, Executive Director of CDA Consult, said regular breast cancer screening could help detect the disease at an early stage when it is more treatable, while encouraging women to study the health history of their family.
“Women with a family history of breast cancer may need to start screening earlier and more frequently,” he explained.
He stressed that female journalists needed to prioritise their health and take control of their well-being.
Mr Ameyibor, who is a Holistic Health Advocate, said, “For a moment, get in front of the news and get screened for breast cancer.
You must first be a healthy person to report healthy news, and through maintaining a healthy lifestyle, female journalists can reduce their risk of developing this disease and continue to tell the stories that matter to save the world.”
“We want to make it easier for you to get screened; all female journalists are therefore encouraged to participate in the CDA Consult/Rabito Clinic Free Female Journalists Breast Cancer Screening,” he added.
Public education
He emphasised that the two entities were organising free breast cancer screening and education at five strategic locations, including the Daily Graphic, Ghanaian Times (October 15), Channel One/Citi FM (October 22), and Multimedia (October 29), to make it easier for female journalists to participate with little interruption in their work.
He said the Rabito Clinic and CDA Consult would also roll out social and traditional media advocacy to educate the wider public on basic health information throughout this month, all in an effort to lessen the devastating impact of breast cancer in Ghana.
