Hungarian Govt Earmarks HUF 480M For Cervical Cancer Screening In 2016
- 6 Jan 2016 3:00 AM
The government has allocated 480 million forints (EUR 1.5m) for continuing a programme to screen Hungarian women for cervical cancer this year, according to a decree published in the government gazette Magyar Közlöny. The number of new cervical cancer cases diagnosed in Hungary each year is about 1,000-1,200 and the number of related deaths is around 500, data published by the Mályvavirág Foundation, which represents patients, show.
A European Union sponsored pilot programme ensuring cervical cancer screening by district nurses was launched by the state health safety authority (ÁNTSZ) in 2013. It served to ensure screening to women near their residence free of charge.
Under the programme concluded in October last year, a total of 54,000 women had been screened and 1,600 of them tested positive for a tumour.
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