Precision
Air Commercial Director Mr. Patrick Ndekana (left) speaks to
journalists (not in picture) in Dar es Salaam yesterday about his
company’s support of 9m/- towards a four-days breast cancer awareness
and screening campaign that kicks off in Mtwara and Lindi on Wednesday.
Looking on is the Aga Khan Health Service’s Head of Nursing Services,
Loveluck Mwasha.
(Photo by our correspondent)
Aga
Khan Health Service (AKHST’s) Head of Nursing Services, Loveluck Mwasha
(right) speaks to journalists (not in picture) in Dar es Salaam
yesterday about a four-days breast cancer awareness and screening
campaign that kicks off in Mtwara and Lindi on Wednesday, which has
received a support of 9m/- from Precision Air Services PLC. Looking on
is the Precision Air Commercial Director Mr. Patrick Ndekana. (Photo by
our correspondent)
By Correspondent
Precision Air
supports breast cancer screening in Mtwara and Lindi
By Correspondent
Precision Air (PW) has donated 9m/- geared towards supporting the breast
cancer awareness and screening campaign that kicks off in Mtwara and
Lindi on Wednesday.
The four-day
event that that will run under the theme “Check it, Beat it” is
spearheaded by the Aga Khan Health Service, Tanzania (AKHST) and seeks
to reach more women, especially those living in areas without sufficient
access to health services.
Speaking to
reporters in Dar es Salaam yesterday, the Precision Air Commercial
Director Patrick Ndekana said the donation is part of the Airline’s
Corporate Social Responsibility Programme (CSR) that aims to promoting
screening to reduce the need for major surgery or death cases faced by
many Tanzanians.
Ndekana said
Precision Air understands the importance of heath in national
development that is why it chose to support the campaign.
“Our mission
is to beat breast cancer by funding such projects that targets our
remote communities who do not have access to proper health services nor
the financial support to have major surgeries.
We believe our support will go a long way in saving people’s lives because early detection saves lives.
Having our Airline presence in Mtwara, we are aware that the revenue we derive is from a healthy community.
The airline
will only do business if we have less number of people with ill-health.
It is only a healthy people who form a healthy nation that brings forth a
stable and ever growing economy.
“Precision air
will only continue growing in terms of increasing the number of its
fleets and open more routes to serve more customers in this region. We
can only achieve that when we have a strong and stable economy in
countries we operate,” said Mr Ndekana.
On her part,
representative from Aga Khan Health Service, Tanzania (AKHST) Ms
Loveluck Mwasha, Head of Nursing Services, mentioned that the campaign
which will be carried in Mtwara and Lindi Regions is targeting a
population of 4 million people while at least 500 women are expected to
be screened between the two towns.
The campaign
is targeting women, young and old in these two towns - for the Breast
Cancer Screening - but will also see men being screened for the same.
Ms Mwasha said that an initial site visit to Mtwara and Lindi was made
by the Breast Cancer Campaign Team, including the AKHST Medical
Director, Dr. Jaffer Dharsee, and Mr. Sisawo Konteh, Head of Outreach
Services, of the Aga Khan Health Service, Tanzania, during which they
met with the Regional Medical teams in both towns and agreed on the camp
models.
Every year,
thousands of Tanzanian women are diagnosed with breast cancer. It is a
major life altering event for women who are diagnosed, but for some the
diagnosis comes much too late.
Globally,
breast cancer is among the leading causes of cancer-related deaths in
women. Early detection of the disease through breast cancer awareness
and screening campaigns is vital to reducing the devastating prevalence
of this disease amongst women in East Africa.
Today, Precision Air calls for all citizens in Mtwara to “Check it, Beat it!”
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