Breast Care International(BCI)/Globeathon 12-hour Health Fair at the Manhyia Palace to Raise Awareness about women Cancers

From Ghana to the United States, from Russia to the Congo, from Peru to South Korea, people around the world are uniting in the first annual international Event to End Women Cancers. On September 29, participants in more than 80 countries will make history by engaging in cancer education and awareness program in solidarity with millions of women and families affected by cancers.
In Kumasi, the Ghana BCI/Globeathon event is scheduled from 8:00am to 5:00pm at the Manhyia Palace. Dr. (Mrs) Beatrice Wiafe Addai, country captain of the event and president of Breast Care International (BCI), along with fellow medical professionals, government officials, cancer survivors, traditional rulers, and volunteers, will continuously engage in activities to gain attention for this global women cancer awareness movement.
Women cancers, including breast, cervical, ovarian, uterine, vaginal, and vulvar account for almost 20% of the 5.1 million estimated new cancer cases and 2.9 million cancer deaths worldwide. More than 230,000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year, many in the late stages of their disease, and more than half will die. Cervical cancer is alarmingly on the rise in South and East Asia, Africa and South America, with incidence and death rates at their highest levels in 30 years, making the disease a major global priority.
In Ghana, cancer is the fourth cause of death and most patients with cancers usually present with advanced case diseases. Breast and cervical cancers are the two leading cause of death among women, which works against the socioeconomic development of women and communities. Educating women about cancers is one effective means of controlling it.
“While gains have been made in treating breast cancer and other diseases, far too many women around the world continue to die from breast, cervical, ovarian and other reproductive cancers,” says Dr. Larry Maxwell, the Global Director of Globeathon to End Women's Cancer. “We want women to learn the symptoms of early disease and successful treatment, and raise research funding to develop better tools to defeat these cancers.”
BCI/Globeathon Event is an unprecedented call-to-action, uniting communities around the world to raise awareness and support research on women cancers. The event at the Manhyia Palace joins this multinational coalition to shine a bright spotlight on these diseases and support a global movement to end women cancers.
Breast Care International, is a non-governmental organization dedicated to educating women about early detection of cancers and access to breast cancer care throughout Ghana, by providing the country's women with: education, clinical breast screening, diagnosis, counseling, treatment, rehabilitation, and research. Since 2002, more than 500 thousand women have been screened for breast cancer through these initiatives.

For more information or to register, please visit www.globeathon.com or join us at www.breastcareghana.com