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22nd
August
2008
TBS women workers undergo breast cancer
check
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)
women workers and wives of their male
counterparts have undergone examination
for breast cancer.
The screening took place at the TBS
headquarters in Dar es Salaam, on
Saturday, August 16, 2008 and was
conducted by Medical Women Association
of Tanzania (MEWATA) doctors.
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A cross section of
TBS women workers and male workers’ spouses in a
queue for breast cancer examination |
Speaking during the launching of the
exercise which was preceded by a
seminar, TBS Director Mr. Charles
Ekelege said TBS management recognizes
the importance of a healthy human
resource and that it aims at ensuring
that all workers are healthy and
productive.
“It is indisputable that with an
unhealthy work force, the highest level
of productivity cannot be achieved,”
said Mr. Ekelege.
Mr. Ekelege said that breast cancer has
emerged as a serious disease and a major
source of death among women adding, “In
view of this, that is why we have found
it necessary to have our female workers
and male workers’ spouses examined.”
On her part, MEWATA’s Vice Chairperson
Dr. Florence Temu said the percentage of
breast cancer in the country has been
put at 9.3, applying only for patients
who attended check-ups in the hospitals
and clinics.
She called upon other institutions to
follow the example shown by TBS by
supporting routine screening of breast
cancer among their women members of
staff and spouses of male staff, as a
sure way of alleviating the problem in
workplaces and homes.
Overall three papers were presented
before the screening exercise. Dr.
Muzdalifat Abeid presented two papers:
Cancer of the Cervix and Obstetric
Fistula, while Dr. Julieth Magandi
presented a paper on Breast Cancer.
In her presentation, Dr. Magandi said so
far the cause or the disease has not
been established and that the most
affected are women. She said that in
developing countries like Tanzania, the
age at which the disease mostly prevails
is between 30-45 years.
More than 50 women workers of TBS and
about 40 TBS workers’ spouses underwent
the screening which was organized by the
Women Committee of RAAWU-TBS and
sponsored by TBS.
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