National Women's Health Day: a meeting at the Casa del Cinema in Rome, screening and free visits

Monday 22 April is celebrated National Women's Health Day: at the House of Cinema of Rome (Largo Marcello Mastroianni 1, Villa Borghese) is scheduled from 9.30 to 13.30 a meeting dedicated to women's well-being, organized by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with associations and scientific societies. It will also be possible to undergo free screening and cancer prevention visits, thanks to Lilt, the Italian League for the Fight against Tumors, the Consulcesi Foundation (with the collaboration of Fimmg) and the Progetti del Cuore Foundation. Campers will be present from 9.30am to 2pm in front of the Casa del Cinema.

The guests

The meeting aims to raise awareness of the importance of promoting and protecting women's health, strengthening the actions of prevention, assistance and treatment, with an approach that takes into account the specificities of women. The Minister of Health opens the proceedings Orazio Schillaci, then we talk about prevention, reproductive health, access to health services, gender equity, with a global approach in all stages of life. After the intervention of Carla Vittoria Cacace Mairaof the Atena Foundation, the actress and singer bear their testimony Clara Soccini and the actresses Cristina Donadio and Ilaria Ghira. Anna Maria Colao, Nicola Colacurci, Nicoletta Gandolfo and Annalisa Manduca participate in the panel dedicated to prevention aimed at the whole person. Francesco Saverio Mennini, head of the Department of Programming, Medical Devices, Medicines and Policies in favor of the NHS of the Ministry of Health, introduces the round table «The role and contribution of the scientific and healthcare world», in which representatives of the associations for the women's health and scientific societies. Finally the work ends Mara Campitiello, head of the Technical Secretariat of the Minister of Health. Participation in the meeting is free, subject to accreditation. For info: [email protected]. The event is broadcast live on the site www.salute.gov.it from 9.30am on Monday 22 April.

Free visits

They will be present outside the Casa del Cinema a Lilt mobile unit to offer free visits and screening and five information points of the associations that have joined the initiative. «Cancers still represent one of the main causes of significant incidence and mortality among women, despite the fact that in the last ten years there has been a decrease in mortality and an improvement in curability. Female oncological diseases, despite this, continue to develop and spread, especially breast cancer – he declares Francesco Schittulli, president of Lilt -. On the occasion of National Women's Health Day, we once again focus on the importance of prevention and early diagnosis.”