Recognizing Breast Cancer Awareness Month at Cihan University-Erbil
The Department of Nutrition and Dietetics from Health Technical College, Cihan University – Erbil conducted a workshop during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
On Monday, October 23rd, 2022, the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics of Cihan University-Erbil in collaboration with Ashti Health Organization and in the presence of Prof. Dr. Amjad Saber Al-Delawi, president of Cihan University-Erbil organized a workshop on breast cancer. Dr. Maysoon Al-Haideri, vice president for Scientific Affairs and Dr. Abdul Star Karim, vice president for Administrative Affairs also attended the workshop. The workshop was held in the VIP hall of the University.
At the beginning, Dr Salih Zebary, the head of Nutrition and Dietetics Department welcomed the attendees and delivered a speech. He said: “the workshop is part of our ongoing work in the Department to make the individuals be aware of the latest scientific developments in various fields and to revive the World Days to raise awareness among people in a healthy society”.
Later, Prof. Dr. Amjad Saber Al-Delawi, president of Cihan University-Erbil made his speech. After expressing his appreciation and thanks to Nutrition and Dietetics Department and the organizers of the workshop stated not only preparing the next generation for future according to their expertise, but also educating different classes of the society and heightening their awareness are important tasks of the university. It is because university is the carrier of scientific messages and seek ad arrive at scientific solutions earlier. The president of Cihan University-Erbil said: “It is our pleasure that we have represented this level of achievement in this regard. We undertook different activities and I hope this workshop attain its goals”.
In another part of the workshop, Dr. Narmin Taha, a specialist in general surgery and breast diseases, offered a speech and said that as reported by global statistics, breast cancer is one of the most common diseases and millions of women die every year due to breast cancer”. She also added that we as experts in this field will participate in most of the media channels and institutions in this month and try to raise awareness among women because this disease requires awareness. She declared that early awareness program is a step toward preventing the disease. Then, she talked about breast cancer surgery whether to remove part of the breast and draining the lymph nodes under the arms.
At the end of her speech, Dr. Narmin Taha gave some advice and stated that women should adhere to monthly breast self-examination and visit the doctor when they feel any symptoms that they had not have before. It should be noted that annual follow-up and early examination for every woman are necessary. She also asserted that every woman should take into account the number of breast cancer cases among her relatives because it has a great impact on the increasing number of incidences of infection in the family. Finally, she insisted that women should not listen to people who are not experts and advice patients wrongly.