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The Effects of Breast Cancer Epidemic:
Tens of Thousands of Deaths. About 30,000 women in Nigeria die of breast cancer every year due to delayed detection. And the the numbers are growing by leaps and bounds!
So, why the delay? It's mainly because women aren’t motivated to get screened by local screening centres due to the following reasons:
For those who have the financial means for breast screening:
1. Uncomfortable and negligent breast care environment
2. Unreliable and aging equipment and technology
3. Long waiting time from appointment to screening to diagnosis
4. Lack of experts and specialization
5. Distance
6. Lack of time/Too busy
7. Fear of pain
8. General lack of confidence in local service providers
For those who don’t have the financial means for breast screening:
1. Lack of awareness about the necessity of breast screening
2. Fear of pain
3. They feel fit and healthy and think they don’t need to be screened
4. No easy and/or regular access to breast screening centers
5. Too costlyÂ
Motherless Children / Maternal Orphans.
Studies also showed that the number of maternal orphans due to breast cancer exceeds the number of breast cancer deaths among women in sub-Saharan Africa. For every 100 deaths in women younger than 50 years, there were 210 new orphans.
Economic Burden.
Due to medical costs, productivity losses from morbidity and premature mortality, and healthcare expenses, cancer places a financial burden on patients, healthcare systems, and nations.
So what should be done to help resolve these issues? At Lilly Women's Health, we effectively use what we call as the LWH Solutions™.
THE LWH SOLUTIONSTM
"There is no more neutrality in this world.
You're either part of the solution or you're part of the problem."
—Eldridge Cleaver
At Lilly Women's Health, we choose to not only be a big part of the solution but also to be the consummate leader in empowering each and everyone to be part of it!  The LWH solutionsTM is our three-pronged approach in winning the fight against breast cancer. It stands for the following:
Loving and person-centered care
No unanswered emails, no unattended phone calls, no long queues! Easy booking of appointments and quick results too! You'll receive the means and support to make informed decisions and choices.
Contact [email protected]Â to learn more.
Woman for Woman™ Initiative
With every breast care service that one pays Lilly Women's Health for, we help another woman in need of breast care particularly in Nigeria. Together with our partners and collaborators, we visit the most remote areas in Nigeria to connect with women in need of breast care and see to it that they get the gift of life, one screening a year, one woman at a time, Woman for Woman™.
Healthy, happy, and empowering sanctuary
Our modern facility under the expert hands of internationally trained breast care professionals is located in a relaxed, pampering, resort-like environment where breast screening experience is one that is of joy, inspiration and empowerment.
