2016

Cancer society of Maldives has launched a monthly breast cancer screening campaign for different institutions in Male'. The aim of this campaign is to screen as many people as possible in an easily accessible way and make people more aware about breast cancer.

The first program of this campaign was done from 18th to 19th July 2016 at Bank of Maldives Main branch. A total of 166 people were screened in this 2-day event conducted during working hours. It was open for all BML staff and their spouses.

Awareness sessions were also conducted for everyone who was screened. The purpose of these sessions is to educate people on symptoms, precautions and treatments of breast cancer as well as self examination techniques.

Screenings were done by CSM volunteer doctors Dr. Ramsha, Dr. Nazahath, Dr. Arifa and Dr. Rasheed while awareness sessions were done by CSM facilitator Fathmath Fileeshia. We would like to thank them for their time and support in our events. We would also like to thank the Alifulhu Thuthu Foundation for their constant contributions to our society.

In addition to this, we would also like to thank the HR team of BML for their part in organizing the event and helping the event run smoothly.