Yemen and Bahrain News

Yemen

Yemeni smoking hits all-time high
Yemen Observer - Sana'a, Yemen The study recorded the highest smoking rates in Yemen to date. About 86 percent of adult Yemeni males are smokers.

New cancer centers planned to meet dire need
Yemen Observer - Sana'a, Yemen There are some kinds of cancer spreading in Yemen, but their treatment is possible. These include testicular cancer, lymphomas, breast cancer, and colon cancer.

Bahrain
From Gulfnews

Fighting cancer together
‘We need to keep drumming awareness into the people. This way we can save lives’

Fighting Cancer: A Survival guide Dr Waleed Abdul-Wahab, is a Bahraini doctor working at the anziskus Krankenhaus-Charite University, Berlin, in the capacity of a consultant urologist. In 2010, the university will celebrate 300 years in the field of health services and its urology unit elebrates 100 years next year. This institution is not only the major healthcare provider and tertiary referral centre for Berlin and the surrounding regions, but is also a centre of medical excellence and cutting-edge pioneering research. The Charite Medical University boasts 13 Nobel Laureates to date.

Shaikha Suha bint Abdulrahman Al Khalifa “I was diagnosed with cancer when I was only 22, but it had gone undetected for 18 months.

Jules Sprakel “I think this campaign is a great idea. Education and awareness is the first line of prevention and the more people who read about it the more likely they are to prevent the disease, or discover it early on.