AMMAN – Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Knowledge Forum
(TAG-KF), a member of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Global (TAG.Global), in cooperation
with King Hussein Cancer Foundation (KHCF) and Jordan Breast Cancer Program
(JBCP) has organized an awareness session entitled ‘An image for life...get
tested’, as part of the 7th Arab Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign for the year
2022.

The session was held in accordance with
TAG-KF’s efforts in supporting the JBCP’s activities conducted in conjunction
with the breast cancer awareness campaign; an annual international health
campaign organized every October to raise awareness on the importance of early
detection.

Speakers in the seminar included: Ms. Reem
Al-Ajlouni, JBCP director and Dr. Maisam Akroush, a member of the Mediterranean
Task Force for Cancer Control; in addition to inspiring breast cancer
survivors; Suzan Barbour, Samah Al Natour, 
Razan Al Rusan, and Nicole Shaheen.

TAG.Global Education and Youth Advisor and
TAG-KF Executive Director, Dr. Fadi Daoud, expressed the Forum’s pride in
hosting this motivational seminar, stating that TAG-KF supports these efforts
as part of its national and social responsibility. He noted that the Forum
posts awareness messages concerning the campaign on TAG.Global’s social media
outlets.

During the event, Dr. Al-Ajlouni pointed
out that more than 1200 Jordanian women are diagnosed with breast cancer every
year according to official statistics. This affirms the importance of raising
awareness of early detection and following a healthy lifestyle. She further
indicated that each citizen plays an important role in fighting cancer and
preventing its spread.

Additionally, Dr. Al-Ajlouni explained
that the Jordan Breast Cancer Program is a nationwide program, led and
supported by the King Hussein Cancer Foundation and Center and the Ministry of
Health. It seeks to provide a supportive environment for early detection and
scanning of breast cancer, as the most common type of cancer around the globe.
She affirmed that early detection saves lives, where the survival rate in cases
of early detection has increased to more than 95 percent, she added.

In this regard, she commended TAG-KF for
supporting and hosting campaigns of the Jordan Breast Cancer Program annually,
noting that these seminars raise society's awareness and highlight the
importance of early detection which is the most important means of prevention
and treatment.

For her part, Dr. Akroush emphasized that
men are more likely to get colon cancer whereas females get breast cancer,
referring to figures showing an increase in the incidences of both annually.

She went on to say that colorectal cancer
is associated with inheritance and that full recovery from it could be achieved
by early precaution, especially since the possibility of getting cancer
increases for those over the age of 60.

At the end of the seminar, honorary
shields were given to the speakers in recognition of their role and efforts in
raising awareness in the community.

It is worth mentioning that the Jordan
Breast Cancer Program (JBCP) was established in 2007 as a nationwide program
under the guidance of Jordan’s Ministry of Health. Its mission has evolved from
reducing mortality rates associated with breast cancer and diagnosing the
disease in its advanced stages (stages 3 and 4), to diagnosing it in its early
stages (stages 0 to 2) where the chances of recovery are higher and treatment
costs are lower.

Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Knowledge Forum (TAG-KF) is a
platform for dialogue, research, and evaluation of all aspects related to
economy and business at the local, regional and international levels. It
provides a safe environment for the youth to engage in civic life and develop
society to contribute to the advancement of the national economy.