Riyadh Gov. Prince Faisal bin Bandar, second right, launches the National Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign in Riyadh on Monday.

A leading charitable organization involved in screening women for breast cancer plans to set up five mobile units.

Al-Zahra Breast Cancer Society will place the units in various strategic points frequented by women, Areej Al-Najjar, educator in the society, said on Wednesday.

Breast cancer is common among women. The percentage of breast cancer is 14.8 percent of all cancers in the Kingdom and also it represents 27 percent of the cancer found in women in Saudi Arabia.

The educator said that the necessity of setting up these mobile units was prompted due to the Kingdom’s high incidence of breast cancer

She said the mobile units would be in areas where women are commonly found.

She was speaking on the side lines of a National Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign launched by Riyadh Gov. Prince Faisal bin Bandar on Monday.

Under an agreement, SABIC will support Zahra Association with five fully equipped mobile clinics for the early detection of breast cancer, in addition to a central monitoring unit to regulate the work of the clinics. The total value is SR 24.75 million.

The ceremony was attended by Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Thunayan Al-Saud, chairman of SABIC and the Royal Commission of Jubail and Yanbu.

Princess Haifa bint Faisal, chairperson, Zahra Breast Cancer Association, highlighted the importance of the campaign, which used the slogan, “Discover the secret; detect the cancer.” The princess praised SABIC for its support which is the second time it has done so.

Speaking at the event, Yousef Al-Benyan, acting SABIC vice chairman and CEO, said that SABIC was keen to contribute to this humanitarian national campaign as part of its social responsibility.

He said SABIC sought to meet its national obligations and help develop society. “We found this unique opportunity to finance these five mobile clinics in support of the health sector and contribute toward national efforts to reduce the incidence of cancer.”

Al-Benyan pointed out that SABIC had invested more than SR 2.7 billion in implementing a number of community welfare programs over the past ten years.

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