Programme Overview
In Nigeria, according to statistics, cancer leads to over 70,000 deaths per annum (28, 414 for male and 41, 913 for female). The estimated incidence for the top five commonest types of cancer are: breast cancer (25.7%), cervical cancer (14.6%), prostate (12.8%), non-Hodgkin lymphoma (5.3%) and liver cancers (5.0). While estimated mortality rates are: breast cancer is (18.6%), cervical cancer(16.8%), prostate (9.4%), liver (8.3%), and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (6.0%). Breast cancer is now the leading cause of cancer deaths in Nigeria.
The Cancer Programme (Cancer Awareness Programme)
In Nigeria, according to statistics, cancer leads to over 70,000 deaths per annum (28, 414 for male and 41, 913 for female). The estimated incidence for the top five commonest types of cancer are: breast cancer (25.7%), cervical cancer (14.6%), prostate (12.8%), non-Hodgkin lymphoma (5.3%) and liver cancers (5.0). While estimated mortality rates are: breast cancer is (18.6%), cervical cancer(16.8%), prostate (9.4%), liver (8.3%), and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (6.0%). Breast cancer is now the leading cause of cancer deaths in Nigeria, with cervical cancer being the second and prostate cancer third.
Everight Healthcare Foundation is at frontline in the fight against cancers and chronic medical diseases by organizing and sponsoring:
- Health education: i.e Health talks on Cancer
- Cancer Awareness Campaigns
- sponsoring free medical screening for Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
- Free Mammography
- Free Prostate- Specific Antigen (PSA) tests
- Free Cervical Cancer Screening
Target places include, Local Governments, communities, market places churches and schools across the length and breadth of Imo state and beyond.
