CISCANEN embarks on Cancer awareness campaign to Schools in Kogi


CISCANEN embarks on Cancer awareness campaign to Schools in Kogi

 

 


* Says early detection only remedy.

Nigerians have been asked to look out for the early signs of the symptoms of Cancer, pointing out that if detected at the early stage it can be better managed.

 

The State Coordinator, Civil Society For Cancer Eradication in Nigeria, Kogi State Chapter, Reuben Joshua, made the call In commemoration of 2025 World Cancer Day.

 

CISCANEN organized the awareness and sensitization campaign on cancer during students morning assembly held at Government Science Secondary School Zone 8, Lokoja.

The State Coordinator called on Government to support Cancer patients in view of the exorbitant cost of treatment.

He disclosed that Cancer has become a deadly disease that kills lives, said as a network of Civil Society, working in the area of Cancer eradication in Nigeria, Kogi State Chapter, “we have deem it fit to go round schools within Lokoja Metropolis to sensitize and create awareness in the minds of the young people on breast, cervical and prostate. From the young age, our children should be aware of the symptoms of this deadly diseases so that it can be prevented. The rate of death that are being recorded and caused by cancer is becoming alarming”

“Most Cancer patients end up dying. Patients cannot afford the different tests and to travel to hospitals prescribed for the test”.

He called on the Government to either subsidize the cost of treatment for patients, support civil society organization working on eradicating Cancer.

He solicited Government support for Civil Society Organizations to enable them visit remote areas to sensitize people on ways of preventing Cancer .

The State Coordinator noted that either the breast, cervical or prostate enlargement when detected at the early stage, can be better managed, treated and cured.

The Coordinator disclosed further that Cancer has become a deadly disease that kills many lives, said as a network of Civil Society organizations working in the area of Cancer eradication in Nigeria, Kogi State Chapter, deem it fit to go round schools within Lokoja Metropolis to sensitize and create awareness in the minds of the young people on breast, cervical and prostate cancers.

“From the young age, our children should be aware of the symptoms of this deadly diseases so that it can be detected early and prevented. The rate of cancer related deaths being recorded yearly, is becoming alarming”.

“We have people who survived various kinds of Cancer, but when it eats too deep into immune system it leads to death”, called on young people to look out for symptoms of Cancer.
He pointed out that it is better managed when it is detected at early stage.

Also speaking at the sensitization, Mrs Roseline Alabi, CISCANEN North Central Coordinator, lauded the efforts at catching them young to understand the symptoms, dos and don’ts of Cancer.

She urged the students to utilize the information learnt, pointing out that prevention is better than cure in the case of Cancer.

 

Highlights of the sensitization was a talk show on nutrition and other dos and don’ts on ways to prevent cancer.

World Cancer Day is held every 4th February of each year across the world.

 


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