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For years, October is known globally for Breast cancer awareness month and many large buildings and streets turn pink in various parts of the world in this month. Pink colour is associated with messages such as vitality, enthusiasm, tranquility and stress reduction and pink ribbon are recognized as a symbol for efforts to raise awareness about breast cancer disease and supporting those who are affected.
Over the past 30 years, during this month, public, commercial centers and various stores have conveyed a message to the community by wearing pink symbols, media and social pages for spreading the news to the community. The message they all share is to raise awareness and sensitivity in society towards breast cancer and to create a caring atmosphere with breast cancer patients and to give hope for the continued efforts towards improvement and completing their treatments.
In October 1985, the first public awareness event aimed at promoting mammography as the most effective tool for diagnosing breast cancer was executed by the American Cancer Society in collaboration with the pharmaceutical industry. For decades now, in this month, we have witnessed individual and organizational efforts worldwide, with every capacity and capability, to raise awareness about breast cancer among the general public, especially women, using pink symbols
In 1990, Susan G. Komen, through the donation of bright pink ribbons to breast cancer survivors, initiated this path. However, the identity formation and promotion of the pink ribbon for breast cancer awareness began in 1991 by Charlotte Haley as an act of public awareness and sensitization about the importance of paying attention to breast cancer.
In this journey, she initiated the use of colorful ribbons accompanied by cards bearing the message (the annual budget of the National Cancer Institute is one and eight-tenths billion dollars, with only five percent of this budget allocated to cancer prevention). She began her efforts to attract the attention of legislators to supportive actions in this field by encouraging people to attach these ribbons to their clothing.
Since 1992, this initiative, with the collaboration of more public media, has continued in the path of community awareness until her message became global and gained international credibility. For years now, the use of pink color and ribbons for public awareness about breast cancer has become common worldwide.
Join us in this public awareness campaign and with increasing yours and your surrounding’s knowledge about breast cancer, especially screening methods and early detection; help us in this path for building a world without fear of this disease.