DOHA: It is understood that cervical cancer is the 11th most common cancer in the GCC (Executive Board of the Health Ministers’ Council for GCC). The ICO Information Centre on HPV and Cancer have also recognised this as the fifth most common cancer among women, in the State of Qatar.
Primary Health Care Corporation will lead this enriched CPD program, ‘Pearls of Cervical Cancer Prevention’, which acknowledges the importance of early diagnosis for cancer in primary health care.
Dr Zelaikha Al Wahedi, Chairperson for this event and Executive Director for PHCC Workforce Development and Training, emphasises the important role of health care practitioners in supporting cancer care services, as recommended in the National Primary Health Care Strategy (2013-2018), which includes the management of well woman services to encourage patients for screening and early referral for colposcopy, as endorsed by the National Cancer Strategy (Qatar).
“A key focus area of primary health care development is to introduce and manage cervical cancer screening services, so that every woman in the State of Qatar is offered screening from the age of 21. It is recommended that women from the age of 21 to 49 is screened every 3 years, and those aged between 50 and 64 every 5 years. This is an important initiative, which requires the specialist skills and trained workforce to manage these important services.
Dr Noora Al Mutawa, Head of Clinical Training and Consultant, Family Medicine shares that the “Development of our primary health care workforce is key to enabling a connected approach to delivering family medicine services in primary health care.
PHCC welcomes the collaboration with QCS, HMC and MoPH, to present current clinical data and reinforce best practice in cancer screening, for our medical teams and our key role in primary health care.
