Journalist Youssef Al-Husseini highlighted the “Esba’ B Khatwa” campaign to educate and empower Egyptian women, specifically raising awareness against cervical cancer and ways to prevent it.
President of the Egyptian Society for Cervical Endoscopy, Dr. Muhammad Al-Azab, said during his interview with the “Tase’a” program, broadcast on Egyptian Channel 1: Regarding cervical cancer among Egyptian women, every Egyptian woman has the right to be trained, educated, and empowered. With that in mind, there are 3 categories for the training: doctors, nurses, and rural social pioneers.
He continued: Cervical cancer is the only cancer for which we can provide a certificate of non-infection, through early detection, vaccination, and treatment at the stage of abnormal cells.
In turn, Dr. Hala Adly, Secretary-General of the Union of Arab Women Leaders, said during her meeting with the program: The story of “1000 kilos” is the beginning of a journey that we ended 3 years ago, in which we knocked on doors for all government departments and the League of Arab States to raise awareness of cervical cancer.
She added: We discovered that there are infections, vaccines, and medicines, but we saw that this must be in the form of an Arab initiative. I met with officials in the Egyptian Society for Cervical Endoscopy and found out they address the same issue, so we agreed on the necessity of raising awareness of it. Our voice reached the government. Cervical cancer screening was part of the presidential initiative.
For her part, Dr. Rania Alwani, Executive Director of Cervical Endoscopy, said during the meeting: For two years, we have been conducting medical convoys and dealing with our friends from the House of Representatives who have been providing us with a helping hand in their circles to reach the largest possible number of women.
She continued: The rural women pioneers are the basis for this work, and there is more than one body in the state based on their assistance, and the last year 3000 women were identified, and the conversation has now spread from Cairo to the rest of Egypt’s governorates.
