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Also for this year, on the day of April 22 (date of birth of the Nobel laureate Rita Levi Montalcini) is the National Day of Women’s Health, wanted by Athena Woman Committee together with Ministry of Health, an important occasion to put i issues related to women’s health.
«The National Day this year must be the occasion for deliver a strong message, which reaches all women, reminding them of do not neglect the prevention agenda and to perform the screening exams recommended for age groups, despite the difficulties that this moment entails »underlines Carla Vittoria Maira, President of Atena Donna.
In addition to the problems related to the increase in the burden of social and family responsibilities that many women have had to face, in fact, the current pandemic situation has made much more difficult also the execution of the usual prevention procedures regarding health in general and women’s health in particular: “consequently, many women may discover that they have a disease in a more advanced stage, and many others will have had to postpone a necessary treatment or will not able to carry out regular check-ups – Carla Vittoria Maira continues – The relative data is extremely worrying to oncology, cardiovascular health and to other pathologies such as diabetes, which since the beginning of the pandemic have recorded a steady decline in access to diagnosis and treatments ”.
Not surprisingly, the message chosen for this edition is #CONCENTRATED ON YOUR HEALTH, an invitation supported in the video messages produced with the contribution of several prominent exponents of the Italian scene, and also present on the bracelets commissioned, as in previous years, at women in prisons, through the Made in Carcere association.
(H) Open week: free services dedicated to Women’s Health
On the occasion of the sixth edition of the National Women’s Health Day, the Wave Foundation, National Observatory on Women’s and Gender Health, dedicates the week from 19 to 25 April to information, prevention and treatment for women.
Through more than 180 hospitals with Pink Stamps (an assignment that rewards Italian hospitals “close to women”, that is, which offer diagnostic-therapeutic paths and services dedicated to the most important female pathologies) will be offered free clinical, diagnostic and information services, face to face and remotely, in the specialist areas of cardiology, dermatology, diabetology, dietology and nutrition, endocrinology and metabolic diseases, geriatrics, gynecology and obstetrics, reproductive medicine, neonatology and neonatal pathology, neurology, gynecological oncology, medical oncology, pediatrics, psychiatry, rheumatology, senology, urology, violence against women.
The services are available from 6 April 2021 by clicking here
Take care of her
Also our online women’s magazine DiLei, always with and for women, wanted to contribute to this important anniversary with a special on TakeCare – section of the site dedicated to Health and Wellness – containing articles, interviews and events dedicated to women’s health: click here to access the special.
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