Breast cancer awareness training concludes in Irbid, Zarqa

AMMAN — The Jordanian Breast Cancer Programme (JBCP) recently concluded a six-day Training-of-Trainers (TOTs) course for a group of community-based women activists, volunteers and health workers in Irbid and Zarqa, a statement by the JBCP and the King Hussein Cancer Foundation (KHCFD) said. 

Funded by the European Union, the course involved capacity building activities and  the facilitation of training sessions in health areas such as raising awareness on the importance of the early detection of breast cancer. 

The training also discussed the need to follow healthy, lifestyle by exercising regularly, eating healthy food, stopping smoking and especially smoking hookah due to its significant impact on increasing the chances of cancer in general and breast cancer in particular, the statement read.

The TOTs course addressed issues of gender and leadership with the aim of emphasising the importance of educating women about their rights and stressing the importance of their financial and economic independence in order to support their decisions, especially regarding their health.

This training came as a part of the activities conducted under the EU support project for civil society organisations in Blended Learning and Behaviour Change for Local Development, dubbed "Training of Trainers". It will be followed by a series of training session aimed at sensitising the community to these topics before conducting community activities to deliver these health and community messages to the target group in Zarqa and Irbid, according to the statement.

The JBCP is a national programme under the leadership of the KHCF and The King Hussein Cancer Centre that aims to orchestrate breast cancer early detection efforts nationwide, provide screening services to Jordanian women and raise public awareness about breast cancer.