Ghana: $4.3 Million Raised for Breast Cancer Globally

25 September 2009

Dr. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, a breast cancer specialist and the President of NGO, Breast Care International (BCI) has disclosed that US$4.3 million has been raised by Susan G. Komen Global Race for the cure of Breast Cancer to fund breast cancer programs around the globe.

Dr. Wiafe Addai disclosed in an interview that statistics show that breast cancer is the leading cause of death among women worldwide and that nearly half a million people die from the disease each year with a woman dying from breast cancer every 68 seconds.

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