Guinea-Bissau seeks lasting breast cancer prevention
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on O Democrata
The clinical director of Simão Mendes National Hospital, Luísa Oliveira Sanca Nhaga, is calling for stronger awareness and early screening for breast cancer. During a day organised on 9 October 2026, she advocated making Pink October initiatives a permanent prevention effort, according to O Democrata.
The clinical director of Simão Mendes National Hospital, Luísa Oliveira Sanca Nhaga, has called in Guinea-Bissau for stronger awareness campaigns and early diagnosis of breast cancer. She was speaking on 9 October 2026 during an awareness day organised as part of Pink October, according to the Bissau-Guinean newspaper O Democrata.
Luísa Nhaga wants these initiatives to continue beyond October in order to establish a permanent culture of prevention. “Every woman matters and every diagnosis matters,” she said, announcing that the hospital is focusing in particular on training its professionals, O Democrata reports.
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