Panaji, Oct 26 (UNI) Cricketer Yuvraj Singh’s YouWeCan Foundation has launched the ‘Swasth Mahila, Swasth Goa’ initiative in partnership with the SBI Foundation and the Government of Goa.
Under this initiative, free breast cancer screening will be done for one lakh women in Goa, thereby ensuring that 50 per cent of the age eligible female population in the state is screened.
"Having fought through cancer myself, I firmly believe that this disease can be cured if it is detected early and given the correct treatment. And this is our mission with the Swasth Mahila, Swasth Goa initiative. Women are the backbone of our society and we are committed to making every effort for their health and wellbeing,” Yuvraj Singh said.
Under the initiative, breast cancer screening will be conducted at 35 Health Centres across Goa along with multiple outreach camps. 20 iBreast devices will be deployed for the project - ten in North Goa and ten in South Goa.
Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said, "I thank the YouWeCan foundation and SBI Foundation for putting this initiative for us where we will be screening 1,00,000 women for breast cancer. Initially, we had aimed to screen 20,000 women, but it sounded unacceptable to me as it will hardly have any impact.”
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