23-29 January 2011
The aim of this campaign is to raise awareness about how cervical cancer can be prevented and to encourage women to avail of a free cervical screen funded by the National Cervical Cancer Screening Service, CervicalCheck.
Cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of death among Irish women under 44, with over 90 lives lost to the disease and 200 new cases diagnosed every year.
Now that Ireland has a free cervical screening programme in place and a school-based vaccination programme, we are in a position to almost eliminate cervical cancer in a generation.
During the week we are calling on women to pass on the good news about regular cervical screening, which can save lives by detecting any abnormalities at an early stage.
As lead member of the European Cervical Cancer Association, the Irish Prevention Week is organised by the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) with the support of CervicalCheck.
The IFPA will be distributing 22,000 Pearl of Wisdom badges and information leaflets to women around the country. The Pearl of Wisdom is the international emblem of cervical cancer prevention.
This year the IFPA is teaming up with the Irish Hairdresser Federation and all 350 member salons will present a badge and an information leaflet to every woman who has a hair appointment during the week. Many women consider a visit to a hair salon as “me-timeâ€, a period when they have time to relax and reflect. This is an ideal opportunity to pass on some important messages about cervical cancer prevention and screening.
CervicalCheck will be running a series of information sessions about cervical cancer around the country during the week.
Key Facts about Cervical Cancer
* Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women under 44 worldwide. Each year, 500,000 new cases of invasive cervical cancer are diagnosed globally and more than 250,000 women die from the disease.
* 99% of cervical cancer cases are caused by persistent infection of certain high risk types of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the world and approximately 50% to 80% of sexually active women contract some form of HPV at least once in their life. Only a small proportion will develop cervical cancer.
* Well organised screening programmes have been proven to reduce incidence of cervical cancer by 80% and the HPV vaccine has been proven almost 100% effective in preventing certain types of the virus that cause 70% of all cervical cancer cases.
* CervicalCheck is the government-funded national cervical screening programme. The programme provides for women aged 25-44 to have free cervical screening tests from a registered GP, nurse or family planning clinic of their choice every 3 years and women aged 44-60 every five years.
* A free HPV vaccination programme for girls in their 1st and 2nd years of second level schools was rolled out in 2010. Starting from 2011, only girls entering into their 1st year of second level schools are eligible for the free vaccination programme.
LADIES IF YOU HAVENT HAD A SMEAR TEST IN RECENT YEARS MAKE AN APPOINTMENT NOW AND LADS ENCOURAGE YOUR PARTNERS TO KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THEM
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Raven :clap: Awareness is the key to clamp down on things like this.
I hope you dont mind me adding to your thread!
For those that have never had an abnormal result, rest assured it does not mean you have cancer and in most cases it is detected early enough and treated. Besides HPV there are also 2 other contributing factors related to Cervical Cancer not mentioned, which are smoking and the contraceptive pill.
It's not nicest of procedures to have done, but for the sake of 3minutes, it can save your life. :thumbup:
I hope you dont mind me adding to your thread!
For those that have never had an abnormal result, rest assured it does not mean you have cancer and in most cases it is detected early enough and treated. Besides HPV there are also 2 other contributing factors related to Cervical Cancer not mentioned, which are smoking and the contraceptive pill.
It's not nicest of procedures to have done, but for the sake of 3minutes, it can save your life. :thumbup:
Not at all Amber, i have had a lot of abnormal results myself and some treatment and i am still here, my mother had a radical hysterectomy due to cervical cancer so it is something that is close to my heart. I avoided my smears for several years after my treatment and have been having a smear every six months for two years now and just got the all clear but have to continue to have them every six months.....now if my doctor was my type it would be happy days lol
You have to look on the bright side sometimes
raven ..:clap: well said hon. I have to say when i moved to Ireland i was dumbfounded at the lack of womans health care...meaning it wasn't more public. The amount of woman i know that don't have regualar smears/breast checks is alarming....even woman i know that are mothers...and everyone's excuse is...its so embarassing :-o ...:eeek: good god woman this is your life we are talking about :eeek:
sorry rant over :upset:
sorry rant over :upset: Guys its all about being treated early --- i get tested every 2 years and got an abnormal result nearly 2 years ago -- follow up tests revealed i had cervical cancer and was treated straight away --- im in the clear now and cant stress strongly enough that we all need to be tested regular ------------------ GREAT THREAD xxx
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Guys its all about being treated early --- i get tested every 2 years and got an abnormal result nearly 2 years ago -- follow up tests revealed i had cervical cancer and was treated straight away --- im in the clear now and cant stress strongly enough that we all need to be tested regular ------------------ GREAT THREAD xxx
Congrats on been clear for so long, got my first normal result in a long time, its easy to get your smear done now and the results come back fairly quick and treatment has improved so much the survival rates get better all the time
