Group Begins Anti-cancer Campaigns At NYSC Orientation Camps nationwide

The “Arm Our Youths Health Campaign,” a technology-driven anti-breast and anti-cervical cancer initiative, kicked off across Nigeria’s National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme’s 37 orientation camps for Batch A, Stream One.

The NYSC is collaborating with the Nigeria Cancer Society and the Nigerian First Ladies Against Cancer, as well as another NGO, Sweet Home Humanitarian Foundation, to implement the program, which is an initiative of the Onyebuchi Chris Ifediora (OCI) Foundation, an international NGO.

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It should be noted that, ahead of this nationwide roll-out, the OCI Foundation trained NYSC staff from 36 states and the FCT in October 2021. The training covered the features of the CerviBreast Mobile Phone App, a cancer-prevention app developed by the Foundation to aid in the early detection of breast and cervical cancers.

In collaboration with Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, the Foundation opened a digital cervical cancer screening center.

Mrs. Ujunwa Ubboe and Mrs. Helen Sakyenu, trained NYSC anchors for the Program in Anambra and Katsina States, informed corps members that the Cervi-Breast App would provide them with the necessary preventive information, including Nollywood-themed videos relating to breast and cervical cancers.

According to the trainers, corps members may be able to pass on their newfound knowledge to other youths in their host communities after completing the three-week orientation and additional online courses.

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According to our correspondent, tens of thousands of corps members in 26 states and the FCT have benefited so far, with the remaining 11 states set to be covered in the coming days.

Aisha Buhari, the President’s wife, launched the official start of the Anti-Cancer Health Campaign in Abuja on February 3rd.