Commercial Bank holds breast cancer awareness workshop

Doha, Qatar: Commercial Bank, Qatar’s first private bank, has partnered with Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) to raise awareness of breast cancer during October to mark International Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Conducted under PHCC’s National Breast and Bowel Screening Programme, the workshop is the first of its kind for the banking industry in Qatar by increasing levels of knowledge and stressing the importance of early screening.

 

The workshop was organised by Commercial Bank’s Human Capital, Employee Welfare and Relations Department which provides guidance services to employees, and was part of a series of awareness presentations and activities by PHCC’s National Breast and Bowel Screening Programme that spanned the full month of October.

 

Dr Sheikha Abu Sheikha Cancer Programme Manager at PHCC said: "The National Breast and Bowel Screening Programme is a life-saving, population-based initiative that aims to promote education, awareness and early detection of breast and bowel cancer in Qatar through partnership with both public and private sectors."

 

Commercial Bank is inspired by, part of, and wholly committed to Qatar, and regards CSR as integral to its business in support of Qatar’s development in line with the National Vision 2030. Commercial Bank strives to be an outstanding corporate citizen by supporting local and international socio-economic initiatives that benefit Qatari society as a whole, including humanitarian projects and charitable work for the disadvantaged; educational, training and personal development programmes for Qatari youth; sports and health initiatives; support for Qatari arts and culture; and the Bank’s Qatar National Day programmes that celebrate and preserve Qatar’s cultural heritage.