2019
- Screening and Awareness at K.Maafushi and K.Guraidhoo
- World Cancer Day 2019
- Screening and Awareness at Lh.Atoll
- Cancer Screening and Awareness at Vaavu Atoll
- Quit.Ride.Live Healthy
- Cancer screening and Awareness at Ga.Atoll
- Cancer screening and Awareness at Adh.Atoll
- Cancer screening and awareness at Ha.Atoll
- Back
Cancer screening and awareness at Ha.Atoll
During the two-day Cancer screening and awareness program, screening was done in Ha.Kelaa 2nd August and Adh.Mahibadhoo on 3rd August.
Awareness session on cancer and risk factors was conducted at Ha.Kelaa School and Ha.Atoll School for grade 7-11 students and general cancer awareness session for the public at both schools.
Breast cancer awareness sessions were conducted along with the screening programs to all the people who come to get screened and leaflets with signs, symptoms and self-examination techniques outlined were distributed to the rest of the population through the health centres.
In the 2-day screening program, at Ha.Kelaa which was done at the Kelaa Health Centre 90 people were screened for breast cancer, 124 people were screened for Oral Cancer and 40 for Cervical Cancer. At Ha.Hoarafushi screening which was done in the Hoarafushi Health Centre, 67 people were screened for Breast Cancer ,84 people were screened for Oral Cancer and 44 for Cervical Cancer. A total of 157 for Breast Cancer, 206 for Oral Cancer and 84 were screened for Cervical Cancer over the 2-day program.
