Blue Veins

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Blue Veins is based in Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan. It is a women's health advocacy group that has dedicated itself to providing medical information to poor and rural women in Pakistan.

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Blue Veins was founded in 1999 by a group of women in concerned about the lack of health information and resources available to Pakistani women. Blue Veins has dedicated their efforts to breast cancer victims, who often face severe taboos and oppression due to misunderstandings about the illness in Pakistani society. Today Blue Veins is a growing national group of volunteers who embrace the motto, "Awareness, Action, and Advocacy". Their goal is to "increase public awareness about breast cancer and ensure that individuals from all socioeconomic backgrounds have rapid access to current relevant education, support and information about this disease". Blue Veins has recently launched numerous information campaigns within Pakistan, including conferences, presentations at universities, colleges, schools and health fairs, and lobbying federal and provincial departments. They also provide psychological and social services to breast cancer patients and their families.^[1]

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