As per Company Corporate initiative Program, AMT Angola has locally conducted on 10/21/2021 an activity associated with the fight against Breast Cancer (Pink October). October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign to promote awareness about the impact of breast cancer. The aim and objectives are to raise awareness in society, as well as to urge and/ or encourage women in general to seek earlier diagnosis.
During the day, our female colleagues from AMT Angola visited the ๐ฆโ๐ณโ๐ฌโ๐ดโ๐ฑโ๐ฆโ๐ณโ ๐จโ๐ฆโ๐ณโ๐จโ๐ชโ๐ทโ ๐จโ๐ดโ๐ณโ๐นโ๐ทโ๐ดโ๐ฑโ ๐ฎโ๐ณโ๐ธโ๐นโ๐ฎโ๐นโ๐บโ๐นโ๐ชโ. A socializing and fraternity lunch moment was provided at the end of the activities. We are proud to share with you the film, in Portuguese, that was made that day.
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The focus being the prevention and early diagnosis of breast cancer, all participants efficiently carried out the hereunder mentioned activities:
– A visit to the Angolan Cancer Control Institute in Luanda, (the one and only institution directly dealing with the issue in-country). ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐จ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ-๐ถ๐ฑ.
– Participants were duly introduced to the Institution’s existing Care Protocol for breast cancer patients – from diagnosis to treatment – by the site medical team.
– Participants were introduced to chemotherapy as well as radiotherapy treatment protocols and recommended preventive measures and mitigation associated with the use and/or handling of equipment due to radioactive risks and presence.
– AMT Angola proceeded with a donation of medical items or accessories, to help ease the possible shortage, to the medical institution in question.
– A socializing moment through lunch was provided to allow direct interaction between participants and the guiding medical team. This, coupled with brilliant interventions from both sides, helped draw a clearer picture of the local challenges associated with the fight against breast cancer nationwide.
Needless to mention that the most relevant misconceptions and socio-cultural barriers or doubts were also raised and cleared in full during that socializing moment.
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The high breast cancer mortality rate in Sub-Saharan Africa has been attributed to a lack of public awareness of the disease which often leads to late diagnosis. Little is known about the level of knowledge and awareness of breast cancer in Angola. Previous studies have shown that breast cancer awareness is higher among well-educated people. The goal of this activity was also to assess breast cancer knowledge and awareness among women in Angola.
๐๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐!
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