Community-based health education need of time, Samina Arif.

ISLAMABAD -- Breast cancer is not an incurable disease, and it can be defeated with timely diagnosis, treatment and attention, said the First Lady, Begum Samina Arif Alvi while addressing a Breast Cancer Awareness Seminar held here the other day at Allama Iqbal Open University.

She said that the rate of breast cancer was increasing every year to an alarming extent and the main reason was that there is no awareness among people about this disease.

She further said in our daily routine, we ignore healthcare along with work which must be avoided. My message for all is to visit the doctor once a month for a check-up, said the First Lady.

Begum Samina Arif Alvi said that there was a need to organize community-based health education, seminars and conferences at the national level, especially in remote areas for awareness and prevention of diseases.

The seminar was jointly organized by the Department of Environmental Design, Health and Nutrition Sciences and the Department of Gender and Women Studies of AIOU.

Dean Faculty of Science, Professor Dr. Irshad Ahmed Arshad presided over the seminar, while Head, Department of Radiology, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Dr. Ayesha Asaani was the guest speaker.

Dr. Hajra Ahmed, chairperson of...

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