Doctors, nurses and health professionals

M.D. Lucília Gonçalves

Alongside the ambitious cervical cancer screening that aims to screen the whole of the female population of Sao Tome and Principe, the team spearheaded by M.D. Lucilia Gonçalves focuses its intervention on developing training sessions targeting the Sao Tomean health professionals and education and awareness raising campaigns and sittings targeting the Sao Tomean population

PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY
Specialties

7 missions since 2010

77 consultations

5.000 exams

19 training sessions

1 pathological anatomy circuit developed in the Hospital Dr. Ayres de Menezes through which biopsies, cytologies and surgical components are shipped to Portugal for analysis

Mortality from cervical cancer can be reduced if cases are detected and treated early on, so the screening conducted by the Pathological Anatomy and Gynaecology teams is key to improve the health indicators in the archipelago.