THE Minister for Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Ummy Mwalimu has called upon all Tanzanian men to ignore misinformation on prostate cancer; instead, they should all go for the tests in good time.
The minister made the call in Tanga city
on Saturday where she launched a national cervical cancer vaccine
campaign and cervical cancer diagnosis on women at the Ngamiani health
centre.
“I want to assure Tanzanians that
cervical cancer is preventable … if the signs are detected at an early
stage … both men and women should attend at selected health centres and
hospitals for diagnosis … men (in particular) don’t be bothered with
rumours “ she insisted.
She elaborated that statistics from the
Cancer Institute at the premiere Ocean Road Hospital indicate that
non-communicable diseases were affecting at least 50,000 patients each
year – out of whom 33 per cent were diagnosed with cervical cancer signs
and 12 per cent with signs of breast cancer.
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