The Executive Director, DHF also disclosed that the Foundation has also secured some grants that aided free screening exercises and payment of health workers’ stipends thereby improving the outputs of the Dove-Haven Foundation.
The ACT Foundation grant has allowed DHF to reach over 1 million people with cancer awareness and prevention strategies information, screened over 300 people for cervical and prostate cancer and trained twenty (20) health personnel from primary health centres on cervical screening.
” The cancer awareness and education lecture organised by DHF was graced by top dignitaries such as Professor Eyitayo Lambo, Minister of Health; Dr Zakari Usman, Hon. Commissioner for Health, Kogi State; Dr Al-Hassan Umar Adamu, President, Nigerian Cancer Society; Osayi Alile, Chief Executive Officer, ACT Foundation; HRM Oba Moses Babatunde Etombi, Agbana of Isanlu, and Chairman, Yagba East Traditional Council.
Also present was HRH Oba Ayodele Irukera Ajaamoto II, The Elegbe of Egbe and Chairman, Yagba West Traditional Council; Hon. Abdulrazak Ijagbemi Asiru, Executive Chairman, Yagba East LGA; Hon. Chief Pius G. Kolawole, Executive Chairman, Yagba West LGA; Dr Grace O. Ogoke, Consultant Obstetrician/Gynaecologist, Federal Medical Center, Lokoja; Prof. Oyeronke A. Odunola, Director of Research, Cancer Research and Molecular Biology Laboratories, Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan; and Dr Ayorinde Folasire, Consultant Radiation and Clinical Oncologist, University College Hospital, Ibadan.