The day was marked by interventions emphasizing the importance of screening allowing effective treatment and cure in a large number of cases.
Established in Algeria since 1994, as an official event which returns each time to fight against breast cancer, the month of Pink October has already been marked, at its beginning in Guelma, by the organization under the sponsorship of the wali, Houria Aggoune, an awareness day, initiated by social action services, local community staff in coordination with the health and population department.
Held Thursday, October 3 in the conference room of the wilaya headquarters, this activity targeted employees of local authorities to raise their awareness of the importance of screening through a mammogram carried out every two years from the age of 50, as part of the State’s health policy to prevent breast cancer and which has made this Pink October campaign a regular and unmissable event in the health calendar.
Employees of local authorities in the wilaya of Guelma received explanations, emphasizing above all that regular screening makes it possible to increase the recovery rate, by diagnosing early this pathology which remains the leading cause of death among women in Algeria.
According to the official website of the wilaya of Guelma, the day, during which stands were set up with the famous pink ribbon, was marked by interventions led by specialist doctors in the field of breast cancer, its diagnosis and how to reduce serious complications and ensure effective treatment which guarantees cure in a large number of cases.
On this occasion, seven workshops were opened with the aim of popularizing employees on the subject of the services provided by the social action system of local authorities, but also on the means of early detection of breast cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure (hypertension), while giving advice on prevention against obesity and overweight, and how to follow a healthy diet, without forgetting the side of psychological care and medical support to sick women, with the slogan addressed to women “You are life, get consulted and reassure us”.
