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Are diagnosed more than 90,000 cases of breast cancer every year in Pakistan and the disease claims nearly 40,000 deaths in the country each year report reveals a new shock. The country spends 0.57 percent of GDP on health, the lowest rate in South Asia, the report says that "life is worth living", prepared by the Pink Ribbon Campaign Pakistan before the month-long awareness campaign being launched worldwide in October While expected to unreported cases to be much more than that, even with the current figures Pakistan has the highest rate of breast cancer in Asia.
About one of every nine women in Pakistan are likely to suffer from breast cancer at some point in her life, while in India, is one in 22, the report says. Every fifth woman in Pakistan, the development of breast cancer after the age of 40. About 77 per cent of breast cancer occur in women over 50 years of age. The average age at diagnosis is 64.
However, the majority of Pakistani women hesitate to consult a doctor and be examined because of shyness and social customs. As a result, women are unaware of the risk of breast cancer, Omar Aftab, National Coordinator Pink Ribbon Campaign Pakistan, he says. He said that the organization has been developed in Pakistan in 2004, when the team empowerment of women from breast cancer was observed for the high prevalence of amazing here.
It was found that breast cancer is one of the fastest growing national concerns, but has been neglected at all levels because of social and cultural constraints. Has begun a national awareness campaign for breast cancer health project as a going concern the premier. The report says that women make up about 52 percent of the population, 68 per cent in rural areas and 32 per cent in urban areas. Overall, the rate of literacy and females 35 per cent, but 77 per cent of women who have not completed high school senior.
The biggest challenge is to direct the message that early detection and announced steps self-diagnosis without harming the social and cultural beliefs strict. And poor access to health care, lack of medical facilities and infrastructure not only within the limits of early diagnosis, but also hampers treatment.
Government and private hospitals lack the resources to provide adequate diagnostic and treatment facilities for the growing number of patients. A number of specialist doctors, oncology and radiology specifically doctors lady is very low and limited to certain specialized facilities major cities.
"The human resources available in the health sector in Pakistan are woefully low, and shows that the proportion of the population per doctor 1254.2671 per nurse, midwife per 6235 and 18 318 health workers for every visitor," the report says. When a woman, after overcoming many obstacles in the house when you arrive to the hospital for consultation and found that the doctor was not there, they found it difficult to visit again. A delay in diagnosis, in many cases, prove fatal.
In the past, the report says, working on breast cancer awareness campaign in Pakistan also requires a change in the position of the media. The case, so far, and research and development is at its lowest point and the lack of record and the embodiment of this cancer.
About one of every nine women in Pakistan are likely to suffer from breast cancer at some point in her life, while in India, is one in 22, the report says. Every fifth woman in Pakistan, the development of breast cancer after the age of 40. About 77 per cent of breast cancer occur in women over 50 years of age. The average age at diagnosis is 64.
However, the majority of Pakistani women hesitate to consult a doctor and be examined because of shyness and social customs. As a result, women are unaware of the risk of breast cancer, Omar Aftab, National Coordinator Pink Ribbon Campaign Pakistan, he says. He said that the organization has been developed in Pakistan in 2004, when the team empowerment of women from breast cancer was observed for the high prevalence of amazing here.
It was found that breast cancer is one of the fastest growing national concerns, but has been neglected at all levels because of social and cultural constraints. Has begun a national awareness campaign for breast cancer health project as a going concern the premier. The report says that women make up about 52 percent of the population, 68 per cent in rural areas and 32 per cent in urban areas. Overall, the rate of literacy and females 35 per cent, but 77 per cent of women who have not completed high school senior.
The biggest challenge is to direct the message that early detection and announced steps self-diagnosis without harming the social and cultural beliefs strict. And poor access to health care, lack of medical facilities and infrastructure not only within the limits of early diagnosis, but also hampers treatment.
Government and private hospitals lack the resources to provide adequate diagnostic and treatment facilities for the growing number of patients. A number of specialist doctors, oncology and radiology specifically doctors lady is very low and limited to certain specialized facilities major cities.
"The human resources available in the health sector in Pakistan are woefully low, and shows that the proportion of the population per doctor 1254.2671 per nurse, midwife per 6235 and 18 318 health workers for every visitor," the report says. When a woman, after overcoming many obstacles in the house when you arrive to the hospital for consultation and found that the doctor was not there, they found it difficult to visit again. A delay in diagnosis, in many cases, prove fatal.
In the past, the report says, working on breast cancer awareness campaign in Pakistan also requires a change in the position of the media. The case, so far, and research and development is at its lowest point and the lack of record and the embodiment of this cancer.
