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Coyoacan and FUCAM launch free mammography campaign to detect breast cancer early

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

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  • Coyoacan borough and the FUCAM foundation launched their sixth campaign offering free breast cancer screening.
  • The program will provide 1,200 mammograms to women aged 40 and older across 20 neighborhood events.
  • Officials said the partnership aims to reduce barriers to screening and promote early detection among women in Coyoacan.

Coyoacan has begun its sixth campaign of free mammograms, joining forces with the FUCAM foundation to bring breast cancer screening closer to women across the Mexico City borough.

We remain at the forefront, confronting an important public health issue and directly benefiting the women who need it most.

— Giovani GutierrezThe Coyoacan mayor described the campaign’s public-health focus.

The campaign, titled “Coyoacan With You in Early Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis,” will provide 1,200 free mammograms to women aged 40 and older. Organizers will hold 20 screening events in different neighborhoods this year.

Coyoacan Mayor Giovani Gutierrez launched the initiative alongside Fernando Guisa, FUCAM’s founder and lifetime president. Gutierrez said protecting the health of Coyoacan residents remains a priority and described the campaign as part of efforts to remove barriers and make healthcare more accessible.

Alongside this action, we are doubling our efforts to continue removing barriers and bringing healthcare closer to the people of Coyoacan.

— Giovani GutierrezHe explained the borough’s aim of improving access to screening.

“We remain at the forefront, confronting an important public health issue and directly benefiting the women who need it most,” Gutierrez said. “Alongside this action, we are doubling our efforts to continue removing barriers and bringing healthcare closer to the people of Coyoacan.”

Here in Coyoacan, it costs them nothing because from the beginning the borough made it its banner to fight for the women of Coyoacan and help keep them free from breast cancer.

— Fernando GuisaFUCAM’s founder emphasized that the mammograms are free to local women.

Guisa urged women to use the free service and undergo mammograms to identify abnormalities as early as possible. “Here in Coyoacan, it costs them nothing because from the beginning the borough made it its banner to fight for the women of Coyoacan and help keep them free from breast cancer,” he said. “That is why we insist: women, get your mammogram.” María Luisa Guisa, FUCAM’s director general, said the organizations had worked together for a sixth consecutive year to raise awareness and provide practical prevention and early-detection services.

That is why we insist: women, get your mammogram.

— Fernando GuisaHe urged eligible women to take advantage of the screening campaign.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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