“The well-being of women throughout their lives is an indispensable prerequisite for the full realization of the right to health guaranteed by our Constitution. With this awareness, we are committed to improving prevention, assistance and treatment – declared the Minister of Health Orazio Schillaci, opening the event to celebrate the National Women’s Health Day, promoted by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with associations and scientific societies, which was held today in Rome at the Casa del Cinema of Villa Borghese.
“Our Health Service – underlined the minister – boasts numerous excellences. Italy has a mortality reduction rate from breast cancer higher than the European average: it is a strong message of trust to be conveyed to all women who are fighting the disease, just as we must take every opportunity, starting today, to reiterate the importance of prevention. Let us not forget that we are among the longest-lived populations in the world and that women live longer than men”.
The minister then underlined how “”recognizing the specificities of women is essential to outline programs and actions, to organize the offering of services, to direct research, to analyze statistical data. In this context, new technologies, and in particularly Artificial Intelligence, can open up enormous perspectives, giving impetus to an increasingly personalized medical approach oriented towards the centrality of the person”.
“Only through full protection of women’s health can we achieve those principles of equity, inclusion and equality on which our healthcare system is based”, concluded Minister Schillaci.”.
The Day, established and promoted nine years ago by the Ministry of Health and the Atena Onlus Foundation, on the idea of Carla Vittoria Cacace Maira, saw the participation of representatives from the world of institutions, scientific societies and associations to take stock of how to raise awareness and promote awareness of the importance of women’s health, from prevention to reproductive health, from access to health services to gender equity, with a global approach in all stages of life.
During the day, the actress and singer Clara Soccini, and the actresses Cristina Donadio and Ilaria Ghira gave their testimony.
The head of the Minister’s Technical Secretariat Mara Campitiello concluded the work.
Outside the Casa del Cinema, the headquarters of the Italian League for the Fight against Cancer (Lilt) has made a mobile unit available to carry out visits and screening tests.
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