The Health Village of the Race for the cure which will take place on Sunday opens today at the Circus Maximus in Rome. The sports and breast cancer and women’s health prevention initiative, promoted by Komen Italia, celebrates 25 years. At the ribbon cutting the Minister of Health Orazio Schillaci, the president of the Lazio Region Francesco Rocca, the mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri, and the lawyer Laura Mattarella, president of the Honorary Committee of the 25th anniversary of the Race for the cure and daughter of the President of the Republic. It will be Sergio Mattarella himself who will kick off the sporting event on Sunday.
“It is a great honor to be here – said Laura Mattarella – I believe very much in prevention and I am honored to do a small part of the work that is the responsibility of doctors and operators”. “The US-Italy collaboration project in the fight against breast cancer turns 25 today and we are proud to inaugurate the Health Village at the Circus Maximus,” said Riccardo Masetti, founder of Komen Italia.
“Since my first day at the Ministry of Health, I have put cancer prevention at the center of my mission – underlined Minister Schillaci – Many diseases previously considered incurable are no longer so and I would like to remind you how breast cancer screening is offered by the NHS , but in many regions there is not always support. We must do more of this and I congratulate the Komen Foundation which will take campers for cancer prevention around Italy”. cancer can be defeated and as a region we are working hard on this front”, added Rocca in his speech.
The Health Village will offer free instrumental tests and specialist consultations for the early diagnosis of breast tumors and other pathologies, in collaboration with the Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli Irccs, which has always supported Komen Italia in prevention initiatives, and with the ‘Tiberina Island-Gemelli Island Hospital.
“Thanks to the help of the Mobile Units of the Prevention Caravan, a path is also planned dedicated to women in conditions of socioeconomic fragility and, for the first time, to the transgender population – recalls Komen Italia – The commitment of other hospital institutions in the Capital, of the Johnson&Johnson Foundation, Fasda, Federfarma and the Vista Defense Commission, will also make it possible to offer the public specialized services for the prevention of gynecological, skin, oral cavity, rectal-anal tumors, heart, liver and thyroid diseases, tests visual examinations, audiometric visits, as well as consultations on nutrition, menopause, bone health and healthy aging. For the entire duration of the event, the information desk of the Lazio Region will be active to facilitate access to breast, neck and neck cancer screening. ‘uterus and colon’.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Race, a new space dedicated to younger people has been created: the Kids Area, with a mini child-friendly Health Village to help even the littlest ones understand the importance of prevention. New attractions, games and shows with many protagonists from the Rainbow world: Pinocchio and Friends, the 44 cats, Summer & Todd, the Smurfs and Geronimo Stilton broadcast every day on Rai Kids. The Kids for the Cure Camp will host the VI edition of Kids for the Cure on the morning of Thursday 9th and Friday 10th May in collaboration with the School Department of Rome Capital, a tour of sports, entertainment, prevention and adoption education of healthy lifestyles. Also at the starting line are Virgilio, the famous Trudi mascot dressed in the official shirt and also the protagonist of a capsule collection dedicated to the Race.
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