The Partners in Breast Health program (PIBH) at the not-for-profit Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale has received a $22,000 grant from the 1000+ Club to Benefit Cancer, Inc.Since 2011, PIBH has provided outreach education, clinical breast exams, screening mammograms and diagnostic procedures to uninsured, lower income and minority women age 40 and older who lack access to healthcare services. The program also offers services to uninsured symptomatic women who are younger than 40.
PIBH aims to reduce late stage breast cancer diagnosis, decrease death in minority populations and provide screening mammograms each year to uninsured individuals living at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
