Free Screening campaign

The Pink week ended with a free screening campaign from Monday June 10 to Wednesday, June 12, 2019. It experienced the massive participation of six hundred and ninety-five (695) women, tested at the Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services (CBCHS) in Bonaberi, a city of Douala. During these three days, these women were examined by a medical team headed by Florence Manjuh, head of the CBCHS centers, assisted by eight (8) other members of the medical corps of the same organization. This step was to identify and record participants, then take their basic vital parameters and submit them to the questionnaire developed specially for the occasion. The last phase of this stage consisted of a Visual and physical examination that is breast palpation of all participants. Following the said palpation, suspected cases were programmed for mammograms, ultrasounds, biopsies and breast punctures. Parallel to this physical examination of the breasts, a pap smear was done to all the women who took part in the campaign.

By the end of this campaign, the following numbers were recorded:

• Screened women………………………………….. 695
• Mammograms………………….………………………….16
• Ultrasounds.……………… ……………………………….12
• Cyto-ponctions ……………………………………………15
• Interventions (LEEP) ……………………………………06
• Pré-cancers traited ……………………………………..14
• Biopsie of the crevix …….………………………………04
• Confirmed cases ………………………………………….05

It is important to emphasize that from the breast ultrasound performed, many other types of ultrasounds were performed: axillary, inguinal and pelvic. This lead to the discovery of five (5) cases of ganglionic tuberculosis among the participants

The campaign took place thanks to the sponsor of the following organizations and personalities:  

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