�Itse mabele a gago�
Friday, October 09, 2015
Head on: Health Minister Dorcas Makgato and her team are fighting breast cancer head on
October is set aside by the world community to educate the public on the prevention and control of breast cancer as well as draw attention to the burden of breast cancer.
This year Botswana is commemorating this event under a very distinctive theme, ‘itse mabele a gago’ or ‘know your breasts’. It is hoped that this will be the beginning of a sustained campaign to keep reminding the public on the importance of taking every measure to prevent breast cancer in Botswana.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...