The Christian County Health Department is among ten health departments statewide that will receive grant funding to expand colon cancer screening services. Governor Beshear made the announcement concerning the funds Thursday morning.
The Governor sought funding for the program in last year’s biennial budget, as a part of an effort to reduce colon cancer incidence and the mortality rate in Kentucky. According to data from the Kentucky Cancer Registry at the University of Kentucky, about 2,600 new cases of colon cancer will be diagnosed in Kentucky each year, and nearly 900 people will die as a result of the disease.
The screening program is intended for low income, uninsured Kentuckians between the ages of 50 and 64. The Kentucky Cancer Foundation, which helps fund selected portions of the state’s overall Kentucky Cancer Action Plan, will provide a like amount of matching funds for the colon cancer screening program each year.
Over the next two years, grants will be awarded to the local health departments, which have formed partnerships with community health care providers to offer services. The only other western Kentucky health department included in the funding was Calloway County.
The Governor sought funding for the program in last year’s biennial budget, as a part of an effort to reduce colon cancer incidence and the mortality rate in Kentucky. According to data from the Kentucky Cancer Registry at the University of Kentucky, about 2,600 new cases of colon cancer will be diagnosed in Kentucky each year, and nearly 900 people will die as a result of the disease.
The screening program is intended for low income, uninsured Kentuckians between the ages of 50 and 64. The Kentucky Cancer Foundation, which helps fund selected portions of the state’s overall Kentucky Cancer Action Plan, will provide a like amount of matching funds for the colon cancer screening program each year.
Over the next two years, grants will be awarded to the local health departments, which have formed partnerships with community health care providers to offer services. The only other western Kentucky health department included in the funding was Calloway County.
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