October - Breast Health Foundation

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month

Our campaign is “Early detection saves lives’. We achieve this by education and creating awareness about breast health and breast cancer to all South Africans.

With the current COVID pandemic we have been unable to do face to face education to refer symptomatic patients for assessment. This has led to many more patients being diagnosed with late stage and/or metastatic breast cancer.

We currently have 3 mobile education units in various provinces nationally. These units are run by breast cancer survivors. In the past 8 months they have:

We have navigated 2 626 patients presenting with Breast Health concerns through the relevant Breast Clinics
561 soup packets were handed out to these patients during winter.
More than 200 of these patients were diagnosed with Breast Cancer.
126 care bags were provided to newly diagnosed patients starting chemotherapy at Charlotte Maxeke and Steve Biko General Academic Hospital to assist them with side effect management from treatment
50% of these patients were diagnosed with advanced Breast Cancer.

The need for Breast Cancer awareness, education and support is more important than ever. We would like to increase our reach of education through traditional media platforms as well as providing in person and/or virtual psychosocial navigation to South Africans from all walks of life.

Help us achieve our goals and celebrate October in the following ways: