The conference “The integration of the Chinese community also goes through the regional health service” was held on April 8 in Milan, inside the Pirelli Hall, on the second floor of the skyscraper of the same name – an institutional symbol of the city and the seat of the Lombardy Region Council.
The event was organized by Istituto Italo Cinese and Lombardy Region Councilor Carlo Borghetti, Component of the Third Permanent Health Commission, with the support of the IRCCS National Cancer Institute Foundation in Milan, Associazione Centrale Cinese in Milan and ASST FBF-Sacco.
The purpose of the meeting was to promote an increasingly inclusive Public Health for the migrant communities in the city of Milan, with a special focus on the Chinese Community, among the most numerous in the city. In recent years, in fact, the Istituto Italo Cinese has worked in synergy with city and regional Chinese Associations, public institutions in the area and health institutions in Italy and China to put into practice various actions aimed at medical prevention.
Speakers reflected on the regional health situation and the inclusion policies needed, and on projects underway, or planned for the future, aimed at facilitating best practices in prevention.
The results and objectives of the CHINT study – a health prevention project coordinated by the IRCCS National Cancer Institute Foundation in Milan and the Istituto Italo Cinese – and upcoming planned activities were then presented during the conference. Of particular importance among these are the breast cancer prevention program dedicated to the Chinese female community in Milan and actions aimed at creating medical awareness that does not lose sight of the fundamental social and cultural component, through the arrangement of the appropriate cultural mediation services.
Joint efforts with regional institutions led to the important milestone of the opening of a counter dedicated to the medical care of the Chinese community within the Community House at 9 Via Farini in Milan, with qualified and adequately trained staff.
In fact, an orientation service by ASST FBF-Sacco, coordinated by Dr. Cristina Acquati, District Director Municipio 8, was available to communicate the initiative.
Speakers during the conference (in alphabetical order) included:
- Alberto Giovanni Ambrosio – General Directorate of Welfare of the Lombardy Region
- Giovanni Apolone – Scientific Director of the IRCCS National Cancer Institute Foundation in Milan
- Maria Rosa Azzolina – President of the Istituto Italo Cinese
- Lamberto Bertolé – Councillor for Welfare and Health of the Municipality of Milan
- Carlo Borghetti – Councillor of the Lombardy Region Member of the Third Permanent Health Commission
- Cai Maosheng – Representative of the Chinese Community and Member of the Scientific Committee of the Istituto Italo Cinese
- Sergio Gaddi – Councillor of the Lombardy Region, Vice President of the VII Permanent Commission on Culture, Research and Innovation, Sports, Communication
- Massimo Galli – Virologist and Full Professor of Infectious Diseases, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences “L. Sacco,” University of Milan
- Gustavo Galmozzi – President of the IRCCS National Cancer Institute Foundation in Milan
- Patrizia Monti – Former Medical Director of the IRCCS National Cancer Institute Foundation in Milan and Member of the Steering Committee of the Istituto Italo Cinese
- Carlo Nicora – Director General of the IRCCS National Cancer Institute Foundation in Milan
- Valeria Pala – Director of Research Epidemiologist at the IRCCS National Cancer Institute Foundation in Milan; Head of the CHINT study
- Roberto Carlo Rossi – President of OMCeOMI – Order of Surgeons and Dentists of the Province of Milan
Offering video contributions to the conference were two of the Chinese professors who cooperated with the Italian doctors and researchers to make the projects successful:
- Hao Jing – Professor Emeritus at the College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering of China Agricultural University (CAU), Scientific Committee of the CHINT study
- Zeng Hongmei – Professor at the National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Scientific Committee of the CHINT study
For information, insights, inquiries and photographs of the event:
Istituto Italo Cinese Aps
info@istitutoitalocinese.org
+39 02 58315481
Studio CHINT – Fondazione IRCCS Istituto dei Tumori di Milano
https://www.istitutotumori.mi.it/chint
