• President claimed Pakistan had successfully handled polio disease.
• He said now breast cancer awareness drive was being run very effectively.
• He said 24% of country’s population was suffering from mental disease.

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi called for disseminating the awareness message about breast cancer from door to door across the country for breast cancer of the disease and reducing the mortality rate.

He said Pakistan had successfully handled the polio disease and that experience also helped the government to successfully cope with COVID-19. Now the breast cancer awareness campaign was being run very effectively.

Addressing a breast caner awareness programme at the Aiwan-e-Sar, the president said awareness about other key health issues, including mental health, stunting, and women health should also be raised along with the breast cancer awareness campaign as it was very important to keep women healthy for a healthy nation.

Highlighting the importance of family system, President Alvi said that a woman was the key member of a family that must be kept healthy, financially empowered, and also safe from any kind of harassment in the society. He said empowering the women economically was linked to the overall economic growth of the country. He said 24% of the country’s population was suffering from mental disease that was due to a number of reasons, including diseases, and financial issues.

President Alvi also stressed the need to control population by increasing the access of the people to long term contraceptive products as it was key to development of the country both in terms of health and economy.

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Citing China’s example, the president said the country’s rapid development was due to its special focus on health and education. He maintained that due to lack of resources, prevention should be focused to avoid the chronic disease at a later stage.