The month of March is dedicated to women’s health as well as the March Lilac campaign that directs prevention, awareness and control of cervical cancer. In ICARA, the Department of Health, through Primary Care, is setting up hours-long appointments to interview women who have had a preventive examination, also known as a Pap smear, over two years late. Next Tuesday, March 15, 22 and 29, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., all family health units will have a multidisciplinary team to receive women who need to undergo screening, HPV vaccination, among other female health requirements.

For service, prior appointment is required, all dates are available, just find your health unit. “We decided to extend working hours so that we could consider those women who are unable to go to USF due to working during working hours. According to data from the National Cancer Institute (Inca), cervical cancer is the third leading cause of death among Brazilian women of reproductive age,” she said. The nurse: “We have to be aware of this disease, when it is caught early, the chance of recovery is much greater.” Sonia RochaIsara Primary Care Coordinator.

Also, according to the Incas, in 2021 alone, 270 women died from this cancer, with an average of 23 women per month. “Based on the principle of universality, the Unified Health System (SUS) decides that all Brazilian citizens, without any kind of discrimination, have the right to access health procedures and services, and this is another measure of the Ministry of Health aimed at caring for women from ICARA,” stressed the Minister of Health, Sandro Ressler.