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Mammogram promised for Kolda regional hospital

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Senegalese Civil Service Minister Mamadou Lamine Dianté has pledged to provide Kolda regional hospital with a mammogram machine by the end of November. The equipment is intended to improve breast cancer screening and treatment in the region, he said during a Pink October campaign reported by APS.

Senegalese Minister for the Civil Service, Labour and Public Service Reform Mamadou Lamine Dianté promised on Saturday to provide the Kolda regional hospital, in southern Senegal, with a mammogram machine by the end of November at the latest. He was speaking during an awareness walk on breast and cervical cancer, according to the Senegalese Press Agency (APS).

Mamadou Lamine Dianté said he would take the matter to the Ministry of Health to improve the screening and treatment of women’s cancer in the Kolda region. The regional health directorate and its partners organised the walk as part of the “Pink October” campaign, according to APS.

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