Photo: Antonio Jaén Osuna | Akazi
Women in rural Malawi, where breast cancer is the third most common cancer in women and survival rates are low, are learning how to detect it thanks to a new training project for frontline health workers -- the first of its kind in the African country. The Institute of Global Surgery of Ireland's Royal College of Surgeons worked with Malawi’s Ministry of Health to establish a breast cancer curriculum for Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, which so far has trained 150 people so they can reach out to rural areas. The Akazi project also has mobilized community leaders, including chiefs and clergy members. Cancer researcher Victor Mithi, president of the Society of Medical Doctors, Malawi, said the project is making women aware of how to safeguard themselves from breast cancer and seek medical care as early as possible.
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