EU-TOPIA-EAST

In the current EU-TOPIA-EAST project, we will build upon the expertise and tools developed in the EU-TOPIA project and take the road maps to the next level: implementation of feasible, country-specific interventions. We will implement interventions to achieve improvements in cancer screening in three Eastern-European middle-income countries: Georgia (breast), Romania (cervical) and Montenegro (colorectal cancer). The phase of cancer screening implementation in each of these countries is very different and they face different barriers. For example, in Georgia only 10% of the women attend breast cancer screening, while in Romania considerable inequity exists in attendance to cervical cancer screening. Minority groups such as Roma hardly participate in screening. In Montenegro the colorectal cancer screening programme is well accepted, with 60% of the target population attending, but the IT system and awareness should be improved. Because we cover a broad spectrum of implementation phases..

Primary location: Rotterdam