{"id":5841,"date":"2019-10-09T10:29:59","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T07:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=5841"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:35","slug":"from-awareness-to-prevention-and-wellness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/10\/09\/from-awareness-to-prevention-and-wellness\/","title":{"rendered":"From Awareness To Prevention And Wellness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>By&nbsp;Philippa\nKibugu-Decuir<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BREAST Cancer Awareness Month\nis a month-to spend time thinking about breast cancer and learning more about\nhow you can reduce your risk for this disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although we do not know specifically\nthe cause of this disease, research has identified risk factors that are likely\nto increase the likelihood of this disease and how we can reduce our risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This knowledge is powerful\nbecause it equips us with the ability to reduce our risk as the Kinyarwanda\nproverb says: \u201cThe enemy you know can\u2019t kill you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout the month of\nOctober, people will be wearing pink ribbons, participating in 5K races,\nholding events and screenings and sharing information about breast cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At BCIEA (Breast Cancer Initiative East Africa), we\u2019re working each and every day of the year to ensure no one develops preventable cancer through awareness and education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The best way we can prevent\ncancer is by educating ourselves and our loved ones. This means taking action,\nbeing proactive and taking charge of our health\u2014this begins with you\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/opinions\/awareness-prevention-and-wellness\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By&nbsp;Philippa Kibugu-Decuir BREAST Cancer Awareness Month is a month-to spend time thinking about breast cancer and learning more about how you can reduce your risk for this disease. Although we&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}