TIRANA, October 22/ATA/ In context of activities of the Pink October, the month of awareness against breast cancer, there was organized the “Pink-Talk”, an activity of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection with participation of Health Minister Ogerta Manastirliu, women who have won the battle with breast cancer, doctors, and experts in various fields.
During her speech, Manastirliu gave the good news that starting from November 1, the HPV vaccine will be included in the national vaccination calendar.
“I am happy to say that starting on November 1, for the first time, we in Albania shall include the human papillomavirus vaccine in our vaccination calendar. We have worked a long time to get it here and the fact that such an effective vaccine is available and we are now able to vaccinate our girls and guarantee that up to 100% that they will not get cervical cancer, this is certainly a victory, a victory of science, but also our victory that we bring in this daily battle against the disease and precisely against the cervical tumor”, said Manastirliu.
Speaking to the audience, Minister Manastirliu said that thanks to investments in regional hospitals and mobile mammograms, we have managed to get 20,000 women a year to have mammograms for free./k.s/p.s./
