Miriam Mutebi, Breast Surgical Oncologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at the Aga Khan University Hospital, shared a post on X:
“Every month, somewhere in the world, there’s a health awareness campaign.
Pink ribbons. Changed logos. Flooded timelines.
But African women are still dying from breast cancer at rates that awareness posts alone will never change. We are aware. African women know breast cancer exists and that early detection matters.
What many still don’t have:
- Access to affordable mammograms
- Chemotherapy consistently in stock
- Insurance that covers treatment costs
- Employers who provide medical leave
To everyone involved in health campaigns, demand more than ribbons. Real impact is a pathway from breast cancer awareness to diagnosis to treatment to survival. Everything else is decoration on a broken system.
As April rolls in, let’s do something different. If you could tell your sister one thing about breast cancer, what would it be?
Mine: Your instincts about your own body are valid medical data. Push until someone listens.”
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