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Breast Care International (BCI) Ghana�s foremost Non-governmental Organization (NGO) in the battle against breast cancer in partnership with the leadership of the Presbyterian Women�s fellowship of the Maakro circuit has organized a breast cancer Education and free clinical breast screening for its congregation and women within the community, Maakro is a suburb of Kumasi. Speaking to the over two hundred (300) participants at the program, Dr. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, the CEO of Peace and Love hospitals and the President of Breast Care International (BCI) advised the women to report early to the hospital if they detect any abnormality because the disease is not painful at the initial stages. Dr. Wiafe further stated that Breast Cancer is the leading cause of mortality amongst women, adding that it is at par with cervical cancer as the leading cancers among women. She indicated that every 69 seconds a woman somewhere in the world dies from breast cancer, and every two minutes, another woman dies from cervical cancer. Dr. Mrs. Wiafe Addai challenged the women to regularly practice Breast Self-Examination (BSE) after taking them through the correct procedure for doing the BSE. The participants were also encouraged to have their breast checked by a trained health profession at least once annually and all the women above the age of forty (40) are to have their baseline mammogram. The renowned Surgeon further told the participant to disabuse their minds about myths and misconceptions surrounding the disease and that breast cancer has no spiritual linkage, roping in that Breast cancer is a curable disease, highly treatable and survivable BUT only when detected early, and prompt action taken. A donation of Breast Self-Examination kits was made to the leadership of the fellowship by Breast Care international to be distributed to all the participants.