Every hour one woman dies in Ukraine

15 February is marked as an International Childhood Cancer Day. Understanding how important women's reproductive health is in this respect, Rinat Akhmetov’s Foundation is organizing a round table Breast Cancer: Every Hour Counts. Leading Ukrainian and international experts will attend the event to discuss the issue with the media. They will talk in simple words about complicated things: current situation with cancer in Ukraine, modern treatment and diagnostics technologies; how they work and for whom they are available in Ukraine and abroad; European standards in organizing breast cancer screening and the need to teach women to take their health seriously.

Round table participants:

- Ivan Smolanka, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Deputy Head, Breast Tumour Department, National Cancer Institute
- Galina Maystruk, Chairman, Board of the Foundation for Women's Health and Family Planning
- Nina Kandelaki, Zone Manager, General Electric (Healthcare), Russia
- Walter Capeci, Business Manager, Molecular Diagnostics, General Electric (Healthcare), Italy

Round table will address the following issues:

- Breast cancer in Ukraine: statistics, risk factors, prevention, diagnostics and treatment      
- European standards of treatment and diagnostics and opportunities of their implementation in Ukraine
- Early diagnostics of breast cancer. Principles of screening programmes
- Application of PET/CT technologies in modern oncology

Date and venue:
15 February, 10:00-13:00
Address: lecture room of Digital Future of Journalism project (ground floor), Complex 4 of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, 8/5 Voloshskaya st.

For accreditation and interviews with experts, call us at: +38044 502 52 12;  +38050 331 86 34.

The event is a part of Social Journalism Club of Rinat Akhmetov's Foundation for Development of Ukraine

Profile:
Social Journalism Club is the initiative of Rinat Akhmetov's Foundation for Development of Ukraine. The Club was established in 2007 and brings together the journalists writing about important social issues.
The Foundation for Development of Ukraine is a non-profit-making organization established on 15 July 2005.
The Foundation’s mission is to help lay the basis for the successful and sustainable development of Ukrainian society by investing in the education of future generations, nation’s health, and preservation and development of Ukrainian culture. Areas of activity: Contemporary Education, Health of the Nation, Cultural Heritage, Targeted Assistance.
Rinat Akhmetov is the President of the Foundation for Development of Ukraine

10 /02/2010
Kiev