inaugurated edition VIII of the week Peru cancer Under an atmosphere of joy and optimism for life opened the eighth edition of the Week Peru Against Cancer, a national campaign of educational and preventive organized annually by the Ministry of Health and the National Institute of Neoplastic Diseases (INEN) as part of their strategies to tackle the disease, which this year carries the motto: "The cancer is prevented and can be cured if detected early. "
owner announced MoH in the sector budget for 2011 has built a program for prevention and early diagnosis of cancer, equivalent to 30 million soles, which has been submitted to Congress for approval. He noted that such funds granted under the scheme of performance budgeting will be administered by the NIE.
also said he has requested a budget increase of 68 million soles to include the vaccine against human papillomavirus for female pre-adolescents in the national immunization program in order to prevent cervical cancer. Peru will be one of the first, if not the first, prevention and treatment of cancer in Latin America, he said, after supporting the actions of Endocrinology national perspective, ensuring access to quality cancer services. He emphasized that the Universal Health Insurance includes coverage for cancer diseases.
For his part, Dr. Carlos Vallejos Sologuren, corporate chief of Endocrinology, said the change has occurred in the paradigm and policy on the management of cancer in the country since 2002. He said the support of the sectoral authorities has allowed the consolidation of decentralization of cancer care. "What we are doing and we're improving every day. This means that decentralization successfully walks when working with will. We are the country that is revolutionizing the management of cancer in the Andean region, "he said.
The doctor realized that concrete progress has been achieved in Peru through the implementation of the decentralization process of cancer services, highlighting the smooth functioning of the Regional Institutes of Infection in Arequipa and Trujillo.
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