*LAWMA SWEEPERS GET FREE BREAST, CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING, TREATMENT*

Hundreds of sweepers and other women engaged by Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) have undergone free breast and cervical cancer screening and treatment, through the agency’s collaboration with Optimal Cancer Care Foundation and Access Bank Plc.

Addressing the beneficiaries at Ijora-Olopa, venue of the exercise, the Managing Director/CEO of LAWMA, Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, stressed the importance of regular checks for early detection of cancer cases, noting that early detection of the disease aids its successful management by the victim.

He said, “I took interest in this partnership to let you know that your wellbeing is our priority and we will continue to look after you. The most important thing about this is for you to know your status and avoid having the disease, by listening to all that would be explained by the medical expert here. Prevention, they say, is better than cure”.

“I appreciate Optimal Cancer Care Foundation and Access Bank for choosing LAWMA for this laudable programme focus on the women. 70 per cent of our workforce are women; the screening exercise is to let you know that we are looking after your health”, he stressed.

Odumboni admonished the participants to be mindful of their health in the course of discharging their duties, noting that the importance of getting tested is to know their health status as well as serve as a preventive measure against the disease.

The Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr. Femi Olaleye, lectured the women on self-examination for early detection of cervical and breast cancer and the warning signs, adding that they should immediately consult their doctors, anytime they noticed anything unusual.

He said his foundation offered discounted and free cancer screenings to help women, in addition to early intervention treatment for those diagnosed with the disease.

The Head of Women Banking, Access Bank Plc, Mrs. Abiodun Olubitan, disclosed that the decision to collaborate with LAWMA and Optimal Cancer Care Foundation on the exercise was informed by the need to create awareness and provide preliminary treatments to women coping with the health challenge.

She stated further that the bank had deployed a lot of resources to connect, empower and inspire women, particularly in the area of health, adding that it is important for women to regularly check themselves, to know their health status.

One of the beneficiaries of the programme, Mrs. Kehinde Raji, thanked LAWMA for facilitating the event, describing it as a great opportunity to get properly educated and sensitised on the very important health issue.

She said, “I appreciate our Managing Director’s effort. He is a kind man. This screening is such an eye-opener and I have really learnt a lot. I will also tell others about what I have learnt”.

The programme also featured a question and answer session, during which the beneficiaries asked questions on healthcare before they took turns for the screening test.

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Pay them good salaries with good incentives!
leave cervical cancer test for those virgins that needs it.

Hoodlums to shouldn't be left behind, those folks smokes n drink alot and might be nursing one or two ailment but trust the society to favor women than their male counterparts

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Nice

Hmm

Nice
But pay them well too

Nice one but better salary matter too

Shellsploit:
Pay them good salaries with good incentives!
leave cervical cancer test for those that needs it.

Do you even understand what they stand to benefit from the free test they did?
Do you know how many have died ignorantly? I mean people with enough cash

They should do prostate screening and treatment for men too... Abi na only woman dey sweep?

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Do you even understand what they stand to benefit from the free test they did?
Do you know how many have died ignorantly? I mean people with enough cash

Do you know how much does street sweepers are paid monthly with the risk involved with their jobs?

Wow

Good Good

Things you may like to know about breast cancer

Breast cancer statistics

Breast cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer in women worldwide and the second most common cancer overall.

In 2020, there were 2.3 million women diagnosed with breast cancer and 685 000 deaths globally. As of the end of 2020, there were 7.8 million women alive who were diagnosed with breast cancer in the past 5 years.

Breast cancer screening

Finding breast cancer early and receiving expert treatment are the most important strategies to prevent deaths from breast cancer.

American Cancer Society guidelines for breast cancer screening:

Women at average risk for breast cancer. For screening purposes, a woman is considered to be at average risk if she doesn’t have a personal history of breast cancer, a strong family history of breast cancer, or a genetic mutation known to increase risk of breast cancer (such as in a BRCA gene), and has not had chest radiation therapy before the age of 30.

Women between 40 and 44 have the option to start screening with a mammogram every year.

Women 45 to 54 should get mammograms every year.

Women 55 and older can switch to a mammogram every other year, or they can choose to continue yearly mammograms. Screening should continue as long as a woman is in good health and is expected to live at least 10 more years.

Screening guidelines for women at high risk

They should begin screening with MRI and mammograms when they are 30 and continue for as long as they are in good health.


Mammograms are low-dose x-rays of the breast.

References

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cancer.org/cancer/breast-cancer/screening-tests-and-early-detection/american-cancer-society-recommendations-for-the-early-detection-of-breast-cancer.html

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/breast-cancer

https://www.wcrf.org/dietandcancer/breast-cancer-statistics/

Lolz, the best treatment they will need is salary increment and Hmo,

Good development


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Good job on the part of Access bank.
The government should do more for the masses, it shouldn't be all about stealing money.

Shellsploit:


Do you know how much does street sweepers are paid monthly with the risk involved with their jobs?

Educate us, Senior Advocate of Sweepers (SAS)

A good gesture

Free breast sounds good to hear, e come be as if Dem dey donate am too

Chai, I didn't hear on time, I would have loved to go for it too.

My sister did the test yesterday at same venue

Shellsploit:


Do you know how much does street sweepers are paid monthly with the risk involved with their jobs?

I don't care how much they are paid, there is an agreement between them and their employee,they accepted the contract of the work, they can as well leave it, if the wages is not OK.

kolnel:
Good job on the part of Access bank.
The government should do more for the masses, it shouldn't be all about stealing money.

Just to discredit the government

Shellsploit:
Pay them good salaries with good incentives!
leave cervical cancer test for those virgins that needs it.

this one na ignoramus
He probably thinks cancer dey look face
They should also be paid good salaries too sha

Shellsploit:
Pay them good salaries with good incentives!
leave cervical cancer test for those virgins that needs it.

Olodo

skallion7:
Olodo

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