Implementation of the National Screening Programme for Colorectal, Cervical and Breast Cancer Project (EuropeAid/129574/C/SER/RS) hosted a series of trainings specializing in cervical, breast and colorectal cancer screening, held in the period from September to December 2012. The trainings will continue well into 2013 and will provide the Serbian public health sector with a pool of trained experts to carry out this important process in the future.

Serbia has one of the highest mortality rates due to cancer in the WHO European region. The goal of this project is to improve the implementation capacities of the Ministry of Health to battle the three most common types of cancer. Project’s training component is critical, as through this comprehensive education the Ministry of Health assists national and regional institutes for public health in mobilization and motivation campaigns directed at public health services users.