International Day of Action for Women's Health: Free Activities and Workshops in the City

It's a date to reaffirm the right to health as a human right of women who have unlimited access or exclusion of any kind, and throughout its life cycle.

The Ministry of Health of the city of Buenos Aires now offers a series of specially programmed activities. "What we emphasize is the approach taken by women in the health system to get quick access to mammography to complete their gynecological control," said Ana María Bou Pérez, Minister of Health of the city Buenos Aires, in dialogue with Comfort.

To this end, women can go today to the Level 1 Health Center (CESAC), 8 to 17hs, and take the gynecological control, without previous turn. If the doctor considers it, he will schedule an appointment to perform the test. mammography at the nearest hospital (May 28 to June 4).

During the day, preventive interviews will also be held in the waiting room of the Santojanni Hospital.

Schedule of interviews in the waiting room:

9am – "The heart of the woman" coronary heart disease and Chagas.

10am – Feneri Foundation: ACV.

11am – Healthy eating clbades.

12h – Prevention of gender violence.

13h – Tips on badual health and contraceptive methods.

In addition, at the Santojanni Park (Martiniano Leguizamón between Acbaduso and Patrón) from 9:00 to 14:00, prevention activities will be carried out:

• Approach to chronic noncommunicable diseases.

• Physical fitness test and active break. • Nursing and nutritional care control (healthy season).

• Counseling in smoking.

• Measurement of monoxide to raise awareness of the cause of tobacco smoke in our health.

For its part, the Argentine Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism provide information and the Women's Directorate held on the prevention Gender violence and report back to line 144.

There will also be games for the whole family, a walk with the culturally healthy program on the history of the hospital, a physical activity clbad, healthy juices and a closing session with Latin dance.

What are the most common diseases in women, unlike men?

Women are more likely to suffer from diseases caused by HPV either in the cervix or in the bad and vulva. Infections and certain conditions, the disease develops. Instead, men behave like carriers, for example infecting other women, but rarely develop the disease. For all this the prevention should be done both at the level of men and women mainly through campaigns that encourage the use of condoms.