Swasth Mahila, Swasth Goa initiative was started by the “YouWeCan Foundation” in Goa.
Highlights
The initiative was started by the YouWeCan foundation, run by international cricket icon and philanthropic Yuvraj Singh.
The foundation has partnered with the SBI and Goa’s state governments and aims to do free breast cancer screening using “iBreast devices”.
Around 1 lakh Women will be screened over two years, and the initiative would guarantee that 50 per cent of the eligible female Population in Goa is screened.
Swasth Mahila, Swasth Goa
The Swasth Mahila, Swasth Goa initiative is funded by the “Indian Institute of Banking & Finance” and the SBI Foundation.
Under the initiative, free treatment will be provided for all the positive cases. For treating them, the government of Goa will also extend its support.
Breast cancer screening will be conducted across 35 Health Centres in Goa.
For this, 20 iBreast devices will be deployed where 10 will be deployed in North Goa and 10 in South Goa.
iBreast Exam will be used to screen under the initiative.
It is a non-invasive, fully wireless, hand-held, mHealth point-of-care solution to detect breast lesions.
iBE has shown high sensitivity and specificity for detecting non-palpable lesions at the initial stage.