There is no government health plan and Western treatment is completely out of reach to regular people. The wealthy travel to Europe for treatment. Other areas in Nigeria have similar problems. Two doctors I spoke to mentioned that a normal patient load is 150 patients per day. They can only give 5 minutes to each.
Women are upset if doctors examine their breasts if they come to the clinic for another reason.
Most women believe that cancer is a death sentence. These communities utilize their wildlife resources for the present and future generationsl These resources are being seriously threatened by various environmental practices. This speaker believes, as do many who look at local plants, that disease treatment may be forthcoming from these endangered herbs and fauna. Galicia, an autonomous community in the northwest part of the country has a population of 2.8 million. Breast cancer is the leading cause of death for women.