MEPS Trust Well Woman Clinic PREP project launch
On Saturday 29th May 2010, we launched an important project aimed at reducing maternal and fetal mortality in Sierra Leone.
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MEPS Trust Well Woman Clinic Fundraising Luncheon
This very popular fundraising luncheon was held on Sunday 18th April 2010 at the Lagoonda Entertainment Complex, Aberdeen.
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Vision
MEPS Trust seeks to work in partnership with the Government and community to promote women’s health in general and to reduce the incidence of death from cancer among women in Sierra Leone through cancer prevention and detection programmes; and also to reduce the burden of suffering among cancer patients and their families.
What is Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC)?
IBC is the most aggressive form of breast cancer and has a faster doubling time than other breast cancers. (Doubling time is the time it takes for cancer cells to divide and grow.) IBC usually grows in nests or sheets in the breast rather than a solid tumor.
How important is early detection?
In the western world six out of every seven patients can now be cured if diagnosis is at the early stage. However, if they are diagnosed when it has become advanced, the cure rate falls to about one in seven. It is extremely important to catch breast cancer at an early stage.
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