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Governmental and non-governmental institutions are joining forces during the current month of "pink month" to spread awareness of the importance of early detection of breast cancer, given that early treatment is the best available way to reduce and overcome the disease.
Non-governmental organizations in Homs are participating in the awareness campaign by providing their services free of charge during the current month to all women, in addition to implementing a number of awareness activities by NGOs and periodic visits to mobile clinics to the countryside for awareness and clinical examination.
According to the Director of Social Affairs and Labor in Homs, Eng. Samar Al-Sebaei, Al-Ber Association and Social Services will receive women in a number of its affiliated centers in the outpatient clinics of Al-Ber Society Hospital in Al-Waer neighborhood, specialized clinics in Al-Hamra neighborhood, Muhammad Anis Al-Masry clinic in Al-Hamidiyah neighborhood, and the mammogram center in Al-Bar Hospital as you set The association, the "mammogram" device, is at the disposal of the campaign throughout the month.
Al-Sebaei indicated that the Family Planning Association receives women in the Labor Hospital Centers, the Dablan and Savings Clinic, Baba Amr, Khaldiya, Al Muhajireen, Shane, Tel Dahab, and Taldo, in addition to a mobile team in the eastern countryside of Homs in Moheen, Al-Sabuniya and Al-Milaha, while the Adad Poor Orthodox Association receives women who want early detection and who are sick in Al-Ghassani clinic in Bustan Al-Diwan district.
In turn, Dr. Muhammad Al-Aboud, Head of Reproductive Health in the Homs Health Directorate, confirmed that echo and mammogram services were provided during the current year at Al-Basil Hospitals in Karm Al-Lawz and Al-Zahraa by allocating a cadre from the hospital to organize homes for women who want early detection through a specific prior appointment in addition to clinical examination Within the reproductive health clinics in the health centers in the governorate.
Al-Abboud called for the necessity to conduct a monthly self-examination or x-rays every 6 months for women over the age of forty, because the diagnosis of the disease in its early stages gives a greater chance of recovery.
