Kwara State Cancer Program Screening Launch Event
As the burden of cancer continues to climb across Nigeria – with tens of thousands of new cases each year, and cancers such as breast, prostate, and liver among the most common – early detection has never been more critical. BVGH partnered with the Kwara State Ministry of Health, the Office of the First Lady of Kwara State, and the Ajike People Support Center to launch a free breast, prostate, and liver cancer screening program in Kwara State, Nigeria. Screenings were offered at select facilities, including Kwara State University Teaching Hospital, General Hospital Offa, and the Primary Health Centre in Bode Saadu. BVGH also developed customized awareness materials – translated into seven local languages – that were distributed to screening program participants. At the screening program’s launch event, Her Excellency Ambassador Professor Olufolake Abdulrazaq emphasized the life-saving importance of early cancer detection, and the Honorable Commissioner for Health, Dr. Amina El-Imam, addressed the growing burden of cancer in Kwara. Over the course of the program, BVGH and Kwara State aim to screen individuals for cancer and increase cancer awareness across the state’s 3.83 million people.
Program supported by Amgen and Bayer