Cervical Cancer Education and Prevention

Global Vision for Women and Children Cervical Cancer Screening and prevention program aims to provide adequate screening and education of cervical cancer to reduce the number of deaths due to cervical cancer in the Eastern part of Nigeria. We will be able to accomplish this by continuing to provide training to health care workers and outreach activities to raise community awareness of the importance of cervical cancer screenings and early treatment.

With over half a million cases diagnosed worldwide every year, cervical cancer is one of the most common cancers among women, claiming 266,000 lives. But these numbers hide another even more damming fact: cervical cancer is a disease of disparity. Around 85% of women diagnosed and 87% of women who die from cervical cancer live in low or middle-income countries where there is often very limited capacity for screening and treatment.