The Institute’s Students' Health Club, under the auspices of the Dean of Students department recently held a Cervical Cancer Screening and Cancer Awareness day on Friday 25 September.
The Club partnered with Population Services International, (PSI) who were providing cervical cancer screening as an intervention.
The exercise was targeted at both students and staff and was aimed at providing information on various types of cancers and how they can be prevented. Female clients were also educated on breast cancer examination techniques.
HIT Nursing Sister, Mrs J, Mashoko revealed that the cervical screening day was a great success.
"It was successful because we had an overflow of people who came to get information on cervical cancer and other cancers," she said. "Worldwide, cancer is the lead killer and it generally has no symptoms, and so people need to be educated on how it can be prevented. We were also advocating healthy lifestyles and diet as a key prevention measure," said Sister Mashoko.
The Health Club is led by Ashmore Chinyere and is a group of 30 students on campus who work with the Health Centre in health information and education campaigns.
