The creation of units specializing in the screening and diagnosis of cervical cancer through health establishments was highlighted on Saturday in Constantine by participants in the Information and Awareness Days on this type of cancer, organized by the local public health establishment (EPSP) Bachir Mentouri. The recommendations of specialists and expert advisors in the health sector aim to improve the life expectancy of people with this cancer by ensuring early diagnosis and screening with the aim of protecting people from the onset of the disease, indicated to the APS the head doctor of the polyclinic Moussa Amrouche of the city Boumerzoug, Soraya Sifi.
During this event held as part of the program established throughout the month of February in coordination with the health department for the celebration of World Cancer Day (February 4 of each year), the same practitioner affirmed that screening allows early diagnosis of cancers, even before the first symptoms appear and considerably increases the chances of successful treatment and cure, highlighting the decisive role of specialists in the health sector in informing and raising awareness among the population concerned on the dangers and methods of prevention against this pathology through the organization of these popularization days. Cervical cancer is more common in women, aged between 25 and 65 years of whom the majority of cases (over 90%) are due to the human papillomavirus (HPV) viral infection and a sexually transmitted disease, explained Dr Sifi. People suffering from this disease must benefit from appropriate regular monitoring and medical, psychological and social support for better control of risk factors and this through the mobilization of multidisciplinary teams composed in particular of oncologists and psychologists. , said for his part, Mourad Zoghlani, director of the EPSP Bachir Mentouri, who insisted on the need to combine efforts for the development of cervical cancer screening and diagnosis units in the wilaya where only one unit of this type is currently at the polyclinic of the Boumerzoug city.
As a reminder, the EPSP Bachir Mentouri currently covers 19 health structures located in the capital of the wilaya, including 10 polyclinics, 2 treatment rooms, an intermediate treatment center for drug addicts and one intended for cross-border health care located at the airport. Mohammad Boudiaf.
Due to continue until the end of the current month of February, the World Cancer Day celebration program developed by the DSP of Constantine in collaboration with the health structures of various municipalities, targeted different segments of society including pupils from secondary education establishments, youth and sports structures and female students from university establishments and residences, through the organization of study days, awareness campaigns and screening for various cancers, a- we noted.