HEALTH WALK

Since 1997, the Wellness Center has observed October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, organizing many cultural, scientific and literary events. The highlight of these events is the Annual Health Walk through the streets of Yerevan, which become a day to celebrate women's health.

The Walk attracts over 3,000 participants each year, including more than 500 school children, who join AAWC's staff in reminding their mothers to take care of their own health as they do for their families. As a result of these activities, more and more women, age 40 and over, are visiting the Center for their first mammogram and for subsequent annual mammograms. Hence, breast cancer in Armenia is being detected and diagnosed in earlier stages allowing more possibilities for treatment and cure.