BARTICA TOWN BREAST CANCER AWARENESS WALK IS SCHEDULED FOR 3:30 PM SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM THE CENOTAPH AND NOT 6AM
Numerous activities were undertaken Country-wide during the Month of October 2022, promoting Breast cancer Awareness, and also too in the Municipality of Bartica, Region Seven, a Breast Cancer Awareness Walk is scheduled for tomorrow, Sunday, October 30th, 2022, and will commence at 3:30 pm.,from the Cenotaph Area,First Avenue, and NOT FROM 6AM.
This Activity in Bartica Town, Region Seven, will also recognize, and promote, the great work that has already started through early detection globally.
In 2020, breast cancer deaths in Guyana reached 96 or 1.34 Percent of total deaths, while the age adjusted death rate was 25.5 Per 100,000 of the Population, which ranked Guyana in the World at # 23.
The WHO has stated that when breast cancer is detected early, and is in the localized stage, the Five-Years relative survival rate is 99 Percent. This is why early testing is important. So we need to continue our Advocacy, and mobilize Resources to support testing; because of the difference that early detection makes.
The WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has marked Breast Cancer Awareness Month by focusing on the need for breast cancer screening Worldwide, and the intergenerational effects of breast cancer deaths. In 2020, female breast cancer became the most commonly diagnosed cancer type, globally: about 2.26 Million Women were diagnosed with breast cancer, and about 685 000 Women died from the disease.
With timely diagnosis and appropriate treatment, breast cancer generally has a very good prognosis, however, breast cancer survival is not uniformly high around the World. There are substantial disparities in survival between more-developed, and less-developed Countries, as well as between different Social Groups within Countries. These disparities are due in part to reduced access to early diagnosis, and timely completion of treatment. IARC studies the Barriers to accessing Diagnosis and Treatment,and works with Stakeholders to mitigate, or eliminate these Issues.
IARC Researchers also study the intergenerational effects of breast cancer deaths – the “knock-on effects” that the death of a parent or caregiver has on the bereaved Family. Recent Results show that the number of maternal Orphans (Children aged < 18 Years at maternal death) due to breast cancer in sub-Saharan Africa, exceeds the number of deaths from breast cancer among Women in the Region. These findings underline the urgent need for continued action to improve breast cancer survival in this Region.
