By NAN

The Arm Our Youths Health Campaign, a technology-driven anti-breast and anti-cervical cancer initiative has commenced with over 100,000 corps members across 37 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camps in the country.

The conveners, Mrs Ujunwa Ubboe and Mrs Helen Sakyenu, said in a statement in Abuja that the campaign was for the Batch A, Stream One, of the NYSC scheme.

They said that the programme, was an initiative of the Onyebuchi Chris- Ifediora (OCI) Foundation, an international Non-Governmental Organisation.

According to them, it is being implemented with the NYSC, in collaboration with the Nigeria Cancer Society and the Nigerian First Ladies Against Cancer.

“It should be recalled that, in October 2021, the OCI Foundation trained staff of the NYSC from Nigeria’s 36 States and the FCT, ahead of this nationwide roll-out.

“The training included details of the functionalities of CerviBreast Mobile Phone Application, an anti-cancer App. introduced by the Foundation to help with the early detection of Breast and Cervical Cancers.

“The Foundation also launched a digital cervical cancer screening centre with the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
“Through the Cervi-Breast App., the corp members would obtain the required preventive they said.

According to them, after the three-week orientation and further online courses, corps members may be able to pass on the acquired knowledge to other youths in their host communities.

“Tens of thousands of corps members in 26 states and the FCT, have so far benefited, while the remaining ten states left would be covered in days to come,” it stated. (NAN)