Caravan organises cancer screening in Gbolouville
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on AIP
Illustrative image · Klaus Nielsen · Pexels · Licence PexelsA prevention caravan organised in Gbolouville, Tiassalé department, Ivory Coast, combined awareness-raising with screening for breast and cervical cancer. MP Charles Lopez Gnaoré and departmental health director Joël Yavo Gbalé urged women to seek early consultations on 30 October 2026, according to AIP.
The departmental caravan for preventing female cancers, organised in Gbolouville, Tiassalé department, Ivory Coast, offered screening sessions for breast and cervical cancer on Friday 30 October 2026, according to the Ivorian Press Agency (AIP). Several women took part, with an activity organised in Gnolouville.
The MP for N’douci-Gbolouville, Charles Lopez Gnaoré, encouraged them to undergo early screening and called on men to support them. The departmental director of health, Dr Joël Yavo Gbalé, recommended self-examination, medical consultations and vaccination against cervical cancer for girls aged 9 to 14. He also called for prevention efforts to continue beyond October.
The initiative follows awareness and screening campaigns held in Ivory Coast in recent weeks, notably in Bonoua on 11 October and Yopougon on 19 October. On 31 October, a march against breast cancer in Abidjan was also organised by the WHO and UNESCO.
