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Japan government to donate mammograms to Serbian hospitals
Belgrade,
10 December 2010
Minister of Health Tomica Milosavljevic said today that health institutions in Serbia will receive early next year state-of-the-art equipment for breast cancer screening through a donation from the Japanese government.
Speaking at the annual conference "Serbia against Cancer ", Milosavljevic expressed his gratitude to Japan for this donation worth approximately €5.8 million intended for the purchase of two digital and 30 analog mammograms with supporting equipment and for education of experts from Serbia in Japan.
The Minister underlined that this donation from the Japanese government marks the completion of the national programme “Serbia against Cancer“ that has lasted for two years. He pointed out that malign tumours are the most common disease in Serbia and the world.
Breast cancer is the most common malignant tumour in women and 4,000 new cases are registered every year.
Japanese Ambassador to Serbia Toshio Tsunozaki said that 39 medical institutions will get this equipment and underlined that the aim of the project is to encourage as many women as possible to do screening examinations.
The government of Japan has so far assisted the health sector in Serbia with €22 million and these funds have been used in the best possible way, Tsunozaki underlined.
Head of the Office of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the Balkans Satoru Kurosawa said that equipment will be installed in medical centres in May and June 2011.
Acting Director of the Serbian Institute of Oncology and Radiology Zoran Rakocevic explained that with two mobile mammograms 50,000 women have been checked so far and in 600 of them indications of malignant tumour were identified.
The Minister underlined that this donation from the Japanese government marks the completion of the national programme “Serbia against Cancer“ that has lasted for two years. He pointed out that malign tumours are the most common disease in Serbia and the world.
Breast cancer is the most common malignant tumour in women and 4,000 new cases are registered every year.
Japanese Ambassador to Serbia Toshio Tsunozaki said that 39 medical institutions will get this equipment and underlined that the aim of the project is to encourage as many women as possible to do screening examinations.
The government of Japan has so far assisted the health sector in Serbia with €22 million and these funds have been used in the best possible way, Tsunozaki underlined.
Head of the Office of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the Balkans Satoru Kurosawa said that equipment will be installed in medical centres in May and June 2011.
Acting Director of the Serbian Institute of Oncology and Radiology Zoran Rakocevic explained that with two mobile mammograms 50,000 women have been checked so far and in 600 of them indications of malignant tumour were identified.
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