Sri Lanka, Oct. 16 -- A special awareness session on breast cancer prevention and related programs was held in Parliament for the Women Parliamentarians' Caucus.

Every year, October is considered as the Global Breast Cancer Awareness Month or "Pink Month" and in line with this a meeting was held under the patronage of Member of Parliament Samanmali Gunasingha, who was temporarily appointed as Chairperson of the Caucus due to the overseas engagement of the Caucus Chairperson, Minister Saroja Savithri Paulraj.

At the session, the Director of the National Cancer Control Program, along with other medical professionals, briefed the Women Parliamentarians' Caucus on breast cancer prevention, according to a statement by the Department of Commu...