Caravan El-Amel, named Association assistance to cancer center Pierre and Marie Curie Algiers resumed its stick pilgrim this November, to furrow this time This in turn regions of Naama and Bechar.
The goal is to educate both the public and health professionals to the need to fight (together) against this disease in general, particularly against breast cancer. It has become, today, a tsunami that continues to devastate a large section of society: more than 10,000 new cases diagnosed during the current year, while about 3500 women die each year from causes this disease! The situation is so alarming that awareness, upstream and downstream, is more vital than ever. The risk increases especially among women aged 40 and over.
Hence the importance of educating all women to have a mammogram every two years from the age in question. This is the key recommendation of the medical specialists who enliven the days of information and public awareness during this campaign by the organization Al-Amel.
Aware of the risk of this disease, women have not failed to invade all the rooms which took place from Friday 25 to Wednesday, November 30, the information days. Indeed, neither the freezing cold that characterizes the beginning of winter the steppe corridor housing the cities of Naama Mecheria and Ain Sefra or long distances in this vast area of sub-Saharan wilaya of Bechar have deterred women to leave their homes to enjoy the passage of the caravan El-Amel and receive guidance and other advice given by experienced doctors. “We can only interested in an appointment the same, since we are all concerned with this important subject which is the breast cancer is a disease that affects every woman. Hence our interest be informed and More on illness able us avoid arriving, Breach at stages advanced “dixit Houria, quarantine exceeded braving heavy rains Sunday to attend the day held at the House of Culture of Ain Sefra.
in turn, a young woman from the same region does not lack “commend the work carried out by the unprecedented El-Amel Association through the Triactol organization of these meetings that allow women to speak on this subject, breast cancer, which was seen as a taboo subject. ” There is little time, few women who can accept this reality.
Despite their pain, they often conceal their illness for fear of being abandoned and rejected by their husbands, and sometimes even to be marginalized by society.
The appointment did not fail to arouse the interest of authorities in both wilayas, which have the necessary means for the reception of the caravan. Evidenced by the movement made by the wali of Naama to give the start of the day held last Thursday in the room of the house of culture of the wilaya. Or the warm welcome given by the wali of the caravan Bechar El-Amel.
Actions, should say, as is encouraging that the management of cancer patients requires the commitment of all. “In addition to educating citizens, our mission also aims to mobilize all national authorities to turn this noble cause that is the fight against breast cancer, which is not inevitable, because c is a chronic disease as well as other diseases, and we must support, “says Ms. Hamida Kettab, general secretary of the association El-Amel, initiator of the idea of a national campaign against breast cancer. And Ms. Kettab to explain at work every time you open the importance of educating women to “the need to consult early and get tested in order to avoid reaching advanced stages. This will facilitate their care at reduced costs. Women with greater opportunity to heal and to return to as normal of the world society. ”
Mammography: necessary for all women from 40 years
This thesis will be supported scientifically, in their respective submissions by Dr Nacéra Benoumechiara and surgeon Brahim Ait Ouakli, both from the service of Professor Ahmed senology Bendib at CPMC. Often using a simplified language, these prominent doctors explain, in detail, what to do by women from the age of offending (40 years), and methods to be followed, including advising them to approach their doctor in case of any suspicion of a nodule or other ganglion noticed in the breast, some very vulnerable women. A board that is often in the discourse of these experts is the need for “constant self-examination” of the breasts for all women. “The breast self-examination is an exercise that must take all women should do at least every time you take your bath. Thus you can track for yourself, and thereby you avoid reaching advanced stages, “he always insisted to Dr. Benoumechiara assistance.
For Dr Benoumechiara accompanying the caravan El-Amel since its launch in October 2009, the rule is clear: “More cancer is detected early, the easier it is to be treated.” On another level, the caravan is also El-Amel taken advantage of by medical bodies in all regions where it went, through the holding of training days and recycling of local staffs. The objective behind these meetings is the establishment of a “cell” in the specialized medical care especially for women with cancer in each wilaya of the country. This cell is composed of general practitioners, a surgeon, a radiologist, the technologist and nurses. These teams are expected to follow training at CPMC successively, with management committee chaired by Professor, head of breast imaging, Ahmed Bendib.