In Naples the second edition of Donne – The festival of women’s health and wellness

The second edition of the Festival of women’s health and wellness starts today, 23 June, with the inauguration at 17.00, in Piazza Municipio in Naples.

Free medical visits, focus on violence against women, bullying, attention to gender inconsistencies, nutrition, information, debates and more will animate the heart of Naples for four days, until Sunday 26 June.

Regione Campania participates with the ESF institutional stand where information and promotional material will be distributed and videos on the measures of the European Social Fund will be projected focusing on the topics covered during the event including  cyberbullying and protection of women victims of violence.

Among the institutional guests of the rich program of the event, the presence of the President of the Campania Regional Council, Hon. Vincenzo De Luca, the Vice President Fulvio Bonavitacola and the Regional Councilor Lucia Fortini is expected.

As for last edition, the village will be animated by six medical courses plus other spaces dedicated to prevention. The visits can be carried out from 10.00 to 13.00 and from 15.30 to 18.30 (Sunday from 10.00 to 12.00 through courses dedicated to the prevention of obesity and diabetes, oncological, geriatric, pediatric, fertility, sexuality and menopause diseases, infectious diseases .

“The Festival is a great medical project but not only because the visit is an educational tool. It is an event entirely dedicated to women in their different ages, it will teach and educate the population “, explains Annamaria Colao, Unesco Chair of the University of Naples Federico II for Health and Education for Sustainable Development and Director of the UOC of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Andrology of the Federico II Polyclinic: “The UNESCO Chair was born with the idea that health is an asset to be protected. A project dedicated to women’s health is very timely and timely. Today we do not have, for many pathologies, a knowledge of its development in female subjects but we do know that women are a biological entity different from man, which instead has been studied magnificently “added Colao.