“Early Detection… Life” initiative in Al-Khalidiyah to promote breast cancer awareness
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An awareness initiative titled “Early Detection… Life” was organized at the Al-Khalidiyah Youth Center on Saturday, under the patronage of His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed Falah Al-Atin, with the participation of various official, community, and youth figures, and in cooperation with the Mafraq Primary Health Center.
The initiative’s events were attended by the head of the Al-Khalidiyah Municipal Committee, Engineer Jamil Al-Mashaqbeh, Engineer Nour Al-Harahsheh, Ghazi Al-Atin, the head of the Al-Khalidiyah Club, Mukhtar Bakhit Al-Atin, the head of the Al-Khalidiyah Zakat Committee, Atta Al-Khalidi, the head of the Chronic Diseases Association, Ali Al-Torman, and the head of the Al-Khalidiyah Youth Center, Muhannad Al-Shar’ah, alongside a number of representatives from community institutions, security agencies, and health committee members from the Al-Khalidiyah, Al-Mabrouka, and Mafraq Primary centers.
The initiative aimed to raise awareness about the importance of early detection of breast cancer, encourage women to undergo periodic examinations, and introduce methods of prevention and the importance of visiting health centers to obtain necessary medical consultations and services, thereby contributing to the detection of the disease in its early stages and increasing treatment opportunities.
The ceremony was managed by the Deputy Head of the Al-Khalidiyah Municipality, Samira Al-Khalidi, who directed the event’s segments and organized the sequence of speeches and activities, contributing to the organization of the ceremony and highlighting its awareness and health messages.
During the initiative’s events, His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed Falah Al-Atin delivered a speech in which he emphasized the importance of promoting health awareness among community members and the necessity of concerted official and community efforts to spread the culture of early detection of breast cancer, due to its important role in maintaining women’s health and safety.
For his part, the Deputy Director of Health in Mafraq, Dr. Mamoun Al-Saadi, reviewed the importance of early detection of breast cancer and its role in increasing treatment opportunities and reducing complications, stressing the need to continue implementing awareness programs and activities that contribute to enhancing health culture among citizens.
In turn, the head of the Health Committee in Al-Khalidiyah and the initiative’s liaison officer, Iman Al-Khatib, emphasized the importance of educating women on the necessity of undergoing periodic examinations and encouraging them to benefit from available health services, which enhances health awareness and contributes to protecting women’s health.
Mukhtar Hamad Al-Enezi, head of the Health Committee in Al-Mabrouka, also addressed the importance of health and awareness initiatives in serving the community and strengthening the partnership between institutions and community actors, in a way that supports efforts aimed at spreading health awareness and establishing preventive practices.
Islam Al-Hawamdeh, coordinator of the "All Jordan Youth Commission," delivered a speech in which he emphasized the importance of the youth’s role in supporting awareness and health initiatives and contributing to spreading health culture among community members, noting the importance of promoting volunteer work and community partnership in delivering awareness messages and encouraging women to care for their health and undergo periodic examinations.
The initiative’s events included organizing an awareness walkathon under the slogan “A Step Towards a Better Life,” in addition to an educational lecture on breast cancer and the importance of early detection, and providing health guidance on clinical examinations and ways to access appropriate screening services.
The events also included a discussion session to answer women’s inquiries and correct misconceptions related to breast cancer, the distribution of awareness brochures and symbolic gifts bearing the initiative’s logo, and providing an opportunity for participants to offer suggestions and awareness messages, which enhances community participation and contributes to spreading health culture.
Those in charge of the initiative emphasized the importance of complementary roles between health, municipal, youth, and community institutions in implementing purposeful awareness programs, reaching the largest possible segment of women, and promoting a culture of health care and periodic examinations.
This initiative comes as an affirmation of the importance of community partnership in spreading health awareness and establishing the message that early detection can make a difference in a person’s life, and that awareness and periodic screening are two essential steps towards better health.
