Cervical Cancer is 100% Preventable.
Less than 3% Women Have Had the Pap Test.
2,700 Women Diagnosed With Cervical Cancer In Ghana.
1,699 Women At least Die From Cervical Cancer Each Year In Ghana .
Females Exposed to Sex at Early An Early Age Stand a Risk of Cervical Cancer.

Doctor Effiong of the Bank Hospital has flagged that Females exposed to sex from an early age do stand the risk of getting infected with Cervical Cancer.

On Dominion Tv’s Flagship show, Wake Up Africa, today, January 9, 2025, he touched on some of the factors that make one predisposed to Cervical Cancer.

According to him, there are many risk factors which contribute to the contraction of Cervical cancer. Howbeit, the main culprit of cervical cancer is the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) which accounts for 90 – 95% of cervical cancer in women and is mostly transmitted via sexual intercourse. Persistent Infection with the human papilloma virus he advised was a basis of cervical cancer.

Doctor Effiong signaled a few risk factors that made women prone to cervical cancer encasing interesting factors, from women who have had several pregnancies, Individuals that are exposed to sex from an early age, Immuno-compromised individuals whose immune systems are derailed from unhealthy practices like smoking, drinking or have had co-infections with HIV.

When petitioned on why Cervical Cancer was not an issue of concern in times past where people used to birth several children, he replied that, cervical cancer was present during that era, however there was not enough research and data to support the existence of the cancer. He pointed out that people may have died during those times of cervical cancer but it’s possible the cause of their death was assumed for something else.

He acknowledged that access to data and research now meant a true reflection and objective view of the burden of cervical cancer resulting in the robust fight against the cancer.

Dr.Effiong revealed some scary statistics stating that 2,700 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer while 1,699 women died from cervical cancer each year and lastly about less than 3% women taking the pap test.

After all this, he emphasized that cervical cancer is entirely preventable and in cases where it was contracted it can be survived, hence the new tag “Survical Cancer” on the grounds that it can be survived.