Childhood Cancer Awareness Campaign On Track
Monday, September 12, 2016
The campaign is meant to emphasise the importance of blood in cancer treatment.
September has been set aside to honour Childhood Cancer Awareness. At the event that was preceded by an awareness walk in the capital on Friday, Kebaabetswe Setlhong, whose 11-months-old son was diagnosed with cancer of kidney inflammation in 2013, encouraged people to disregard all the myths about the disease and focus on controlling it.
The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...