National authorities, with the support of the Spanish Cooperation, inaugurated this Wednesday the ninth Comprehensive Care Center for Women in the city of Caacupé, as part of the efforts to prevent cervical and breast cancer.
Source: EFE
The work is the result of an agreement signed between the Ministry of Public Health, the Religious Foundation for Health-Spanish Cooperation and the Government of the department of Cordillera, of which Caacupé is the capital, the government office said in a statement.
The agreement contemplates an approximate investment of 2,653 million Guarani.
The Vice Minister of Comprehensive Health Care, Hernán Martínez, highlighted, quoted in the statement, that this center seeks to prevent cancer or its detection “at an early stage”so that women “they can get the corresponding treatment”.
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The facility, located on the grounds of the Regional Hospital of Caacupé, offers, among other services, Papanicolaou (PAP) and human papillomavirus (HPV) tests, as well as breast biopsies, among other.
For its part, the Spanish Cooperation reported in another statement that, in addition to the opening of the center, they were delivered three mammographs valued at more than 300,000 euros (about 302,434 dollars) for the cities of Caacupé, Paraguarí, capital of the department of the same name, and Encarnación.
This is part of the agreement that the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development finances the Foundation for Religious for Health (FRS), added the note.
