The overall objective of the project of which this contract will be a part is to contribute into the improvement of the health and well-being of the population of Serbia by supporting the implementation of national cancer screening systems.
The purposes of this contract are as follows:
- Project component 1: Strengthen public health capacities aims to strengthen organisational and administrative capacities of the Serbian public health institutions, related to national cancer screening programmes by establishing and operating the National Cancer Screening Office and by training district public health institutes’ staff participating in the operation of the cancer screening programmes at local level;
- Project component 2: Strengthen human resources for cancer screenings aims to strengthen human capacities of the Serbian health care institutions related to organised cancer screening programmes by training key staff participating in the operation of the national cancer screening programmes, namely: radiologists, radiographers, cytotechnicians, cytopathologists, gastroenterologists, and providing a sound methodological basis for their sustainable trainings, in order to maintain and develop concerned human resources;
- Project component 3: Assist Ministry of Health in awareness raising and mobilisation campaign aims to contribute into increasing participation rates in the organised cancer screening programmes by assisting national public health institutes in their efforts to train primary health care professionals on organised cancer screenings and, furthermore by assisting the Ministry of Health in its mobilisation campaign when organised screening programmes launched.