WACCBIP Climaxes Month-long Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign
West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP) - University of Ghana
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The West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP) has held an event to climax the fourth edition of the annual Nufu Festival (NufuFest’21). NufuFest (which translates from the Twi language to mean ‘celebration of breast’ or breast Festival’) is the flagship breast cancer awareness campaign championed by Dr. Lily Paemka -Human Molecular Geneticist and lecturer at WACCBIP. The month-long festival seeks to create awareness by tackling long held beliefs and misconceptions surrounding breast cancer through various behavioural change communication approaches that encourage regular screening and self-examination. This allows for early detection and saves lives.Read More