KARACHI: Pakistan is still considered taboo to discuss a disease that strikes across the economic strata says Dr Amina Khan, Health Director, DKT – Pakistan, a project focused on prevention and treatment of breast cancer in rural areas of the country.
She said this is again despite the fact that Pakistan accounts for 40,000 deaths from the disease annually, with 1.38 million new breast cancer cases and 458,000 deaths each year globally.
Unluckily, in our context reproductive health and procreative behavior that are fundamental aspects of life are given little or no attention in public policy discussions because of culture, taboos and wide range sensitivities.
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