Regardless of the truth that the World Health Organization Global Breast Cancer Initiative (GBCI) had set the target to reduce 2% breast cancer-related deaths per year worldwide, Pakistan does not have a breast cancer control programme, he highlighted. The speakers emphasised that the bulk of the females presume breast cancer would not take place to them, while the statistics reveal that 1 out of 8 ladies is at threat of suffering from breast cancer in Pakistan. Public Health Association (PHA) KP and FATA which focuses on the provision of public health services and improving health policies released the project for the “Breast Cancer Control Programme” in the province, which was later on joined by Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (IRNUM) and other high profile partners.The occasion was attended by Secretary Health KP, Amer Sultan Tarin, Dr Aakif Ullah Khan, Director IRNUM, founding President of the Public Health Association, Dr Saima Abid, Director Curative Health Department, prominent oncologists, cosmetic surgeons, professors staff and medical trainees.

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