BCA Jewellery » Saudi Arabia http://breastcancerawarenessjewellery.com Breast Cancer Awareness Information, Jewelry and Events Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:07:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Saudi Arabia Breast Cancer Awareness Programs Under Expansion http://breastcancerawarenessjewellery.com/saudi-arabia-breast-cancer-awareness/ http://breastcancerawarenessjewellery.com/saudi-arabia-breast-cancer-awareness/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:02:28 +0000 admin http://breastcancerawarenessjewellery.com/?p=158 A National Awareness Campaign to Combat Breast Cancer has been inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to coincide with international Breast Cancer Awareness month. The campaign is led by Princess Hessah bint Trad Al-Shaalan, the Honorary President of the Zahra Breast Cancer Association and wife of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, and Princess Rima bint Abdullah bin Abdulaziz. It officially launched on October 10.

As part of this ongoing breast cancer awareness campaign in Saudi Arabia, King Abdulaziz University (KAU) announced that it will establish the first center of excellence in the region for breast cancer. The center will perform mammograms and cooperate in research with specialized international research facilities in Geneva and the United States. It will be run by Dr. Samia Al-Amoudi, a breast cancer survivor and member of the Saudi Cancer Society.   www.saudicancer.com

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