Embassy of Switzerland partners Zimpapers for the Cancer Power Walk to raise funds

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Embassy of Switzerland partners Zimpapers for the Cancer Power Walk to raise funds — The most occurring cancers among Zimbabweans are cervical cancer, Kaposi sarcoma, breast and prostate cancer, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and non-melanoma skin cancer, oesophagus and colon-rectal cancers, eye cancer and others. © Zimpapers Ltd 1980

Zimbabwe like many other countries in Southern Africa has limited options of conventional cancer treatment modalities.

For instance, radiotherapy is considered the most appropriate treatment modality for cancer patients, yet according to the Cancer Association of Zimbabwe only a fraction is treated due to the high cost.

Radiotherapy costs between US$3’000 and US$4’000 for a whole session. For patients that require both radiotherapy and chemotherapy, it will be a double blow as chemotherapy costs between US$100 and US$1 000 per cycle depending on the stage at which the cancer is. A cancer patient may need a minimum of six cycles and these can go up to 12 in some cases.

To answer to this call, the Embassy of Switzerland has partnered with Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Limited and Island Hospice and other organisations to hold the annual “Power Walk for Cancer” on November 4, 2017. The five-kilometre walk, whose aim is to raise funds and spread awareness about cancers, is scheduled to start at 6am at Old Hararians Sports Club.

Participants will be asked to pay US$5 registration fee and the money raised will go towards helping realize Island Hospice’s mission to save lives, celebrate life, and lead the fight for a Zimbabwe without cancer.