FAUSTINE KAPAMA, 9th November 2009 @ 12:13, Total Comments: 0, Hits: 608
THE National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) and the Aga Khan Hospital have surpassed their free breast cancer and awareness campaign to women projection in Dar es Salaam City by 100 per cent.
Chief of Information and Communication of NHIF Rehani Athumani and the hospital’s Medical Treatment Director, Dr Jaffer Dharsee, said that they have already screened over 1000 women out of 500 earlier projected.
They told the 'Daily News' in different occasions that the two institutions conducted the screening exercise in three areas. The first exercise was held at Aga Khan Hospital on October 17, this year. The second one, the officials said, was held at Temeke District Hospital on October 24, and the third exercise was conducted at Mnazi Mmoja Hospital last Saturday.
In all places about 80 women were found with some complications. Mr Athuman said NHIF would foot all surgical breast clinic costs by 100 per cent, while Aga Khan Hospital has promised to pay for 10 patients.
The NHIF Director of Benefits Administration, Dr Frank Lekey, said that the Fund has allocated a total of 16.5bn/- in its budget to foot medical expenses for all deseases, including conducting operations for breast cancer cases.
He said they have organised a campaign to encourage women to show up for screening and to be trained on breast cancer. He said they intend to conduct other campaigns for other deseases early next year.
Various studies have shown that there was high prevalence of breast cancer among women in the country, especially those breast-feeding and those under 30 years of age.
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