AK Khan Healthcare Trust launched a screening, treatment and awareness raising programme for caner and non-communicable diseases for the women at Korail Slum at Gulshan in the capital Wednesday.
The trust officials disclosed this at a briefing held in the city on Wednesday, said a release.
The programme will broadly offer detection and treatment of diseases such as cervical cancer, breast cancer and oral cancer, officials said.
Under the same programme non-communicable diseases, namely hypertension, heart diseases, stroke symptoms and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease can be detected.
The programme will run initially for two years.
The briefing, presided over by AK Khan Group chairman AK Shamsuddin Khan, was addressed by Valerie Taylor, founding coordinator of the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed, as the chief guest.
The speakers stressed the need to raise public awareness about cancer and other non-communicable diseases, especially among the underprivileged women.
Many diseases can be prevented by making people aware about them that will help them go through regular health checkups and follow the rules to keep diseases at bay, they said.
Source : New Age
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