cervical cancer

Taboos and lack of awareness on HPV transmission lead to thousands of premature deaths among women

A Health Education Cell has been established in the DG Health Office with the support of UNICEF for public awareness

Encourage parents to vaccinate their daughters against cervical cancer if they are between ages of 15 to 26 years

German expert underlined the importance of awareness programmes for the education of Pakistani people

Health experts said that as many as 20 women die of cervical cancer every day in Pakistan

The disease has a 60 per cent fatality rate.