{"id":4898,"date":"2025-01-21T17:11:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T16:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/scarborough\/?p=4898"},"modified":"2025-01-22T14:29:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T13:29:39","slug":"cervical-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/scarborough\/2025\/01\/21\/cervical-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Cervical Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>January is the month when we seek to raise awareness of the importance of attending for cervical screening. Cervical cancer is preventable and curable, as long as it is detected early and managed effectively. Yet it is the 4th most common form of cancer among women worldwide, with the disease claiming the lives of almost 350,000 women in 2022. Few diseases reflect global inequalities as much as cancer of the cervix. Nearly 94% of the deaths in 2022 occurred in low and middle income countries. This is where the burden of cervical cancer is greatest, because access to public health services is limited and screening and treatment for the disease have not been widely implemented. An ambitious global strategy, was adopted by the World Health Assembly in 2020. Click here the Global Strategy for Cervical Cancer.<\/p>\n<p>It is essential that as a woman you attend for regular cervical screening. It only takes a few minutes and it could save your life.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to know more click <a href=\"https:\/\/iris.who.int\/bitstream\/handle\/10665\/336583\/9789240014107-eng.pdf?sequence=1\">here<\/a> to access the World Health Organization Global Strategy for Cervical Cancer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January is the month when we seek to raise awareness of the importance of attending&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":541,"featured_media":4899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cervical Cancer | News | Blog | Events | SI Scarborough, Malton and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Scarborough, Malton and District : Blog &amp; News : Cervical Cancer : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Scarborough, Malton and District . 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