About | ROSE BREAST HEALTH

About Rose Breast Health (RBH)

Transforming Breast Cancer Outcomes Through Community and Care

Too many women slip through the cracks of healthcare. Some are never screened. Others are diagnosed too late. Many never receive treatment at all. The result is preventable deaths, grieving families, and communities left without their pillars.

At Rose Breast Health (RBH), we believe every woman deserves access to life-saving breast health care. We reach the women least served, left behind, and most at risk , those too often invisible in mainstream health systems.

Through strong partnerships with communities, hospitals, and global supporters, we provide education, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery support. Our mission extends from Australia to across Africa, creating a bridge of hope for women who would otherwise face breast cancer alone.

Our Mission

We transform breast cancer outcomes for underserved women by:

Delivering community-based education that is culturally anchored and trauma informed
Facilitating equitable access to breast screening and diagnostic services
Providing timely and comprehensive care navigation across public, private, and community health systems.

We ensure that no woman is excluded because of her postcode, income, visa classification, or Medicare status. Our mission is to catch her before it is too late, giving every woman the chance to survive, thrive, and live a full life.

Women in unreached communities experience up to 40% higher mortality rates from breast cancer driven by late-stage diagnosis, systemic neglect, and healthcare inequalities that continue to cost lives.

What We Do

At Rose Breast Health, we create practical and systemic solutions to improve outcomes for women affected by breast cancer:

Awareness and Education: Promote breast health, early detection, and understanding of family history, especially where knowledge is limited
Screening and Diagnosis: Make screening accessible and ensure diagnosis is timely to increase survival rates
Treatment and Support: Provide practical assistance, emotional support, and guidance through complex healthcare systems
Advocacy and Equity: Address healthcare inequalities, focusing on underserved women who face barriers to timely care
Community Engagement: Build survivor-led networks, culturally safe programs, and initiatives that empower women and families

Through these initiatives, we are closing gaps, saving lives, and building a future where no woman is left behind in the fight against breast cancer.

Crisis Points We Respond To

At Rose Breast Health (RBH), we intervene at the critical points where women are most at risk, ensuring no one falls through the cracks of the healthcare system. These include:

Low screening uptake

Despite free national programs, African and migrant women remain the least likely to participate in breast screening. Cultural stigma, language barriers, and systemic mistrust keep them out.

Barriers to Accessing Care

Women may face financial, geographic, or systemic barriers that prevent timely diagnosis and treatment. We provide navigation support across public, private, and community health systems, ensuring care is reachable for all.

Emotional and Social Isolation

Many women face breast cancer alone, without emotional support or guidance. We offer practical and psychosocial support to help women and families navigate the journey with dignity and resilience.

Late or Missed Diagnosis

Many women are diagnosed when breast cancer is already advanced, limiting treatment options and survival chances. RBH works to ensure early detection through accessible screening and education.

Lack of Awareness or Knowledge

In communities where family health history and breast health education are limited, women often miss early warning signs. RBH delivers culturally anchored, trauma-informed education to empower women with knowledge and self-advocacy skills.

Systemic Inequalities

Black, African, and underserved women face disproportionately higher mortality rates due to inequities in healthcare access. RBH actively addresses these gaps through advocacy, community programs, and survivor-led initiatives.

Financial Strain and Socioeconomic Impact

The cost of diagnosis and treatment can devastate families, particularly in regions without universal health coverage. We provide practical support, guidance, and resources to reduce financial burden and prevent long-term generational impact.

They face:

Out of pocket costs for screenings, diagnostics, and treatment
Delays in care while navigating complex systems alone
Limited eligibility for public hospital treatment even in emergencies
No trauma informed support to guide them through fear, grief, or confusion

Our Founding Story

Rose Breast Health was built to catch her before it’s too late.

Benita carries a dual lens shaped by lived exposure. Growing up in Nigeria and serving as a radiographer and mammographer in Australia. She has seen both the absence of breast health systems in Africa and the clinical gaps that leave migrant women in Australia unsupported.

She has stood beside women diagnosed too late. She has witnessed the grief of families navigating care without Medicare. And she has seen the power of timely intervention when systems are built to include her.

Her frontline experience revealed a truth: Breast health literacy, screening uptake, and access to care can transform outcomes. But only if the system is designed to see her. To hear her. To support her. To save her.

Benita founded Rose Breast Health to do just that.

RBH is a survivor-led, culturally responsive, trauma-informed movement.

What began as a response to injustice has grown into a global system of care, mobilizing survivors, educating families, and building networks that protect and save life.

Our Belief

Every woman deserves a fighting chance, to detect breast cancer early, access timely care, and be fully supported through recovery.

At Rose Breast Health, we go beyond awareness. We build systems.

We respond to preventable injustice with:

Survivor informed care
Culturally anchored education
Community driven advocacy

Because no woman should be left behind. And no diagnosis should come too late.

Get Involved

Rose Breast Health was built to catch her before it is too late. But we cannot do it alone.

Every day, the women we serve face breast cancer without Medicare, without support, and without time. They arrive with fear, advanced diagnoses, and no roadmap. They are made unreachable by systems that were never designed to include them.

Eligibility criteria exclude her
Funding models overlook her
Screening programs bypass her
Hospital pathways delay her
Data collection erases her
Trauma informed care does not reach her

The system was not built for her. But we are.

We walk with her. We fight for her. We build systems that protect her.

Now we need you to become a lifeline.

Donate to fund screenings, treatment, and urgent care for women excluded from public health
Partner with us to build survivor led, culturally anchored systems across borders
Volunteer your time, skills, or presence to walk alongside women in crisis
Advocate to shift the narrative and demand justice for every woman