Handover Ceremony of “The Project for Providing Mammogram Equipment for the Main Centre of Family Medicine in Kamenica, Southeast Kosovo”has been held (14 March 2022)
2022/4/1
On March 14th, 2022, Handover Ceremony of “The Project for Providing Mammogram Equipment for the Main Centre of Family Medicine in Kamenica, Southeast Kosovo ” has been held and Mr. Keisuke YAMANAKA, Charge d’ Affaires of the Japanese Embassy in Kosovo, Ms. Dafina GEXHA BUNJAKU, Deputy Minister of Health, Ms. Atifete JAHJAGA, Former President of Kosovo, Mr. Kadri RAHIMAJ, Mayor of Kamenica Municipality, Ms. Brikena AVDYLI, Executive Director of Jahjaga Foundation and representatives of relevant Regional Hospital and Main Family Medicine Centres attended the ceremony.
The objective of the project was to increase the breast cancer screening uptake rate among the residents of Kamenica and neighbouring municipalities, including Novobrdo, Ranillug, and Gjilan by providing one mammogram equipment to the Main Family Medicine Centre in Kamenica, thereby contributing to the early detection of breast cancer in Southeast Kosovo. It is expected that around 22,600 women in the region will be able to take breast cancer screening.
The objective of the project was to increase the breast cancer screening uptake rate among the residents of Kamenica and neighbouring municipalities, including Novobrdo, Ranillug, and Gjilan by providing one mammogram equipment to the Main Family Medicine Centre in Kamenica, thereby contributing to the early detection of breast cancer in Southeast Kosovo. It is expected that around 22,600 women in the region will be able to take breast cancer screening.