THIRD QUARTER juLY TO SEPTEMBER 2023

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THIRD QUARTER REPORT

Talk cancer zim was on a mission to raise awareness of cervical cancer in

churches in the month of July and August and in September the organization
focused on prostate cancer awareness. These 2 priority cancers are outlined in
the NCCP 2022 to 2026 and there is need to raise more awareness on them and
encourage screening for early diagnosis and treatment.

LET’S TALK CERVICAL CANCER

In the month of July and August ,Talk Cancer Zim went on a Lets Talk cervical
cancer campaign with the Salvation Army Church women ,this program ran
from the 15th of July to the 25 of August .The awareness program was done by
Talk Cancer Zim who worked in collaboration with the Salvation Army
Medical Fellowship and Population Services For Health which provided the
screening services The main aim was to disseminate timely useful and relevant
cervical cancer information to women in church and to encourage early
detection through screening using the HPV DNA testing method .

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The table below shows the number of women who attended the sessions and the
number of women screened at each of the centers.

CHURCH NUMBER OF NUMBER OF WOMEN

WOMEN SCREENED ATTENDING TALK

Chitungwiza Citadel 44 70

Nyameni 15 26

Seke National 24 49

BMP 23 37

Seke NOP 22 30

Seke L 46 68

Dema --- 12

Total

PIE CHART SHOWING NUMBER OF WOMEN SCREENED VS NOT

SCREE

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LET’S TALK PROSTATE CANCER

September is prostate cancer awareness month. Despite it being a health threat

to man in Zimbabwe, it is often overlooked. There seems to be a large gap or
deficit on the amount of cancer information the average Zimbabwean man has.
The main objective of this month is to disseminate timely, useful and relevant
prostate cancer information to the Zimbabwean nation. It is against this
background that Talk Cancer Zim embarked on a Let’s Talk prostate cancer
campaign which consisted of publishing of newspaper articles, a prostate cancer
workshop with traditional medical practitioners from ZINIPA and the real men
conference two which is an initiative pioneered in the year 2021 in Harare at
Utano Cafe in Avondale. https://allafrica.com/stories/202112080529.html

The real man conference is a two pronged approach focusing on prostate cancer
and other common NCDs (Non Communicable Diseases) that affect
Zimbabwean men. This year the event was held at the Café Borrowdale brook.
The conference focused on the following thematic areas

 Prostate cancer
 Mental health issues in men
 A focus on sexual health
The event was supported by Flatbrige, Gunhill medical village,
Medorange ,National AIDS Council and the Café restaurant .

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LETS TALK PROSTATE CANCER IN PICTURES

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ACHIEVEMENTS

Xxxxxxx women received health education on

Insert cevrcal cancer pamphlet cervical cancer

Insert HPV DNA kit Xxxxxx church women were screened

Insert zinipa workshop certicate 54 traditional healers were trained on cancer

Insert links Newspaper articles published in a local

newspaper

 XXXXXX women received health education on cervical cancer(INSERT

PIC WTH CA CERVIX PAMPHLET )
 Xxxxxxxx women were screened (INSERT PIC WITH HPV DNA KIT )
 54 traditional healers were trained on prostate cancer (INSERT
CERTIFICATE
 2 EDUCATIVE PROSTATE CANCER ARTICLES WERE
PUBLISHED IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER(INSERT LINKS

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CHALLENGES

 Visual aids for better understanding and presentation of the subject were
lacking
 Lack of fuel and food allowances for the Talk cancer zim team the church
could not provide for these
 There was generally limited time to the campaign, not enough time to
give a detailed talk and screen all women efficiently
 There were no cancer survivors to complement the awareness sessions
 There was low uptake on prostate cancer screening at real men
conference

RECCOMENDATIONS

 Talk cancer zim to mobilize for the following resources

- Fuel
- Food and refreshments allowances
- Projector
- Standard vehicle
- Standard Exhibition booth
 To train cervical cancer survivors as ambassadors in raising awareness
 To organize a cancer awareness campaign for the Salvation Army
church on priority cancers (cervical, breast and prostate )
 To dedicate August to screening of priority cancers ( breast,
cervical ,prostate) to the general public
 To establish a traditional healers training program
 To carry out a KAPB study on prostate cancer at national level

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