{"id":76484,"date":"2016-08-17T00:53:27","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T22:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/bakwena-teams-up-with-pinkdrive-to-raise-cancer-awareness-during-womens-month\/"},"modified":"2016-08-17T00:53:27","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T22:53:27","slug":"bakwena-teams-up-with-pinkdrive-to-raise-cancer-awareness-during-womens-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/bakwena-teams-up-with-pinkdrive-to-raise-cancer-awareness-during-womens-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakwena teams up with PinkDrive to raise cancer awareness during Women\u2019s Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bakwena teams up with PinkDrive to raise cancer awareness during Women\u2019s Month<\/a>: <\/p>\n

Bakwena Platinum Corridor Concessionaire, operator of the N1N4 highway, has again teamed up with PinkDrive Breast Cancer Initiative and the Department of Health to launch an awareness campaign for breast, testicular and prostate cancer among various communities along the N1N4 route.<\/p>\n

Charmaine van Wyk, Bakwena public relations manager, explains the motive for the campaign this Women\u2019s Month: \u201cStatistics on breast cancer in particular are a growing concern, and this is often due to inadequate education and \u00a0lack of facilities being available in some \u00a0communities. The need for early detection is enormous, which is why we are supporting PinkDrive\u2019s message of \u2018Early Detection Saves Lives\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

PinkDrive has educated over 30 000 women, provided over 19,000 self-examinations and have carried out over 4,000 free mammograms.<\/p>\n

Following Bakwena\u2019s hugely successful campaign during 2015 in the far west when it covered the areas of Dinokana, Lehurutshe, Zeerust, Groot Marico and Swartruggens, the current Bakwena\/PinkDrive campaign launches in the North West at Majakaneng Clinic on Monday and Tuesday (15th<\/sup> & 16th<\/sup> August), Bapong Health Clinic on Wednesday and Thursday (17th<\/sup> & 18th<\/sup>) and Friday (19th<\/sup>) at the Modderspruit Clinic. The campaign then moves on to Hammanskraal, at Jubilee Gateway Clinic (29th<\/sup> August), Kekana Gardens (30th<\/sup>), Ramotse Clinic (31st<\/sup>), Temba Clinic (1st<\/sup> September) and Mandisa Xiceka Clinic on 2nd<\/sup> September.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe campaign covers extensive education on the various types of cancers, early lump detection and clinical examinations. Caregivers from the community are also invited prior to the start of the campaign to attend the training that is provided by the PinkDrive nurses, in order to equip them with knowledge of the importance of early detection, and to ensure the education is carried far and wide after the campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cLearners from the high schools in the area are also included in the education around early detection,\u201d says Van Wyk.<\/p>\n

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