Recent survey’s conducted by leading Breast Cancer researchers have found many women from non-English speaking backgrounds do not have easy access to the most up-to-date information about the disease.
The studies have also discovered some women form certain cultural backgrounds harbour misconceptions about Breast Cancer.
Maria Vamvakinou, Federal Member for Calwell, says the findings are extremely concerning and will be addressing the issues raised by researchers at a press conference on Thursday 20th of October.
“It’s vital that all women are aware that resources and services are readily available that could potentially save their lives” Ms Vamvakinou said.
“It’s of equal importance that these resources and services are available in a wide range of languages”
“I believe it’s crucial that women from all cultural backgrounds have access to life saving information in the language they are most fluent in” she said.
Breast Cancer information literature in several languages and multi-lingual service contact numbers will be distributed on Thursday.
