By Ania Gonzalez Rodriguez

This October 19, the International Day of the Fight Against Breast Cancer was celebrated, this year with the theme "For fairer care".

To prioritize health promotion and prevention on the subject in an urgent way, it is enough to know that in 2021 breast cancer became the most frequent worldwide and that Cuba does not escape the negative statistics regarding this disease, Of which, according to experts, more than 3,700 patients are diagnosed annually here, and although now mortality remains with a tendency to control; In the country, this is the main cause of suffering in women and the second cause of her death.

Such a scenario demands the attention of society, and above all, that women become aware of their role in self-care in the face of this health threat in order to win the battle. The Wings for Life Project works in Havana with this objective, whose The official headquarters is located on the upper floors of the Day Hospital of the Comandante Manuel Fajardo Surgical Clinic, where for this afternoon, in salute to the date, the inauguration of the photographic exhibition "Life / Costuras a flor de piel" was announced, by two artists from the lens, a Cuban and a Dutch, inspired by the theme of the event.