Antigua and Barbuda to host cervical cancer health symposium

MBS Prevention Unit and Cervical Most cancers Activity Drive of Antigua and Barbuda are internet hosting the cervical most cancers well being symposium on Tuesday, 16^th January 2024. The informative session will happen from 3:00 PM to 4:15 PM Through Zoom.

The presenters of the session are:

• Koren Norton – Addressing sexual well being.
• Susan Gardner – Diet and cervical most cancers – what’s the connection?
• Cherie Tulloch – Antigua and Barbuda – charting the street to cervical most cancers elimination.

The Ministry of Well being, Wellness and Setting of Antigua and Barbuda and the Cervical Most cancers Activity Drive have come collectively and are going to watch cervical most cancers consciousness month on Sunday, 14^th January 2024, at 9:00 AM within the St. John’s Pentecostal church.

January is Cervical Most cancers Consciousness Month and Antigua and Barbuda has been enjoying a vital function in spreading consciousness relating to cervical most cancers.

Cervical care is without doubt one of the most preventable and treatable sorts of most cancers. But in 2020, an estimated 89,800 girls have been identified with cervical most cancers within the area and greater than 47,500 girls died from the illness.

Screening and Vaccination are the keys to stopping the illness.

Cervical most cancers begins with irregular cell modifications within the cervix. The modifications occurring are gradual and don’t trigger signs however could be discovered with cervical screening checks.

Frequent symptoms of cervical most cancers embrace:

• heavier intervals
• vaginal bleeding between intervals
• vaginal bleeding after intercourse
• vaginal bleeding after the menopause

Cervical most cancers threat components:

1. Many sexual companions or early sexual exercise: The larger the variety of sexual companions and beginning early- and the larger your associate’s variety of sexual companions, the larger the is your likelihood of buying HPY.
2. Early sexual exercise: Having intercourse at an early age will increase your threat of HPY.
3. Different sexually transmitted infections (STIs): Having different STIs – akin to chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis and HIV/AIDS – will increase your threat of HPY.
4. A weakened immune system: You could be extra prone to develop cervical most cancers in case your immune system is weakened by one other well being situation and you’ve got HPY.
5. Smoking: Smoking is related to squamous cell cervical most cancers.