{"id":22318,"date":"2024-09-04T17:41:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T17:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22318"},"modified":"2024-09-04T17:41:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T17:41:33","slug":"urgent-call-for-cervical-cancer-screening-for-women-aged-21-to-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/urgent-call-for-cervical-cancer-screening-for-women-aged-21-to-65\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent Call for Cervical Cancer Screening for Women Aged 21 to 65"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Women aged 21 to 65 are being strongly encouraged to undergo screening for cervical cancer, which remains the second most prevalent cancer in Guyana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Early detection and treatment of cervical cancer can lead to effective cures and improved quality of life, according to Dr. Lachmie Lall, Director of the Non-Communicable Disease Programme at the Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cervical cancer is largely preventable, with most cases linked to infection with human papillomavirus (HPV), the same virus that causes genital warts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Lall highlighted that recognizing symptoms such as unusual discharges can prompt timely medical examination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To support screening efforts, the Ministry of Health offers an $8,000 voucher through its Cervical Cancer Screening Programme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Lall urges women to take advantage of this initiative to ensure early detection and treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information and to schedule a screening, women are encouraged to contact local health services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women aged 21 to 65 are being strongly encouraged to undergo screening for cervical cancer, which remains the second most prevalent cancer in Guyana. Early detection and treatment of cervical&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22310,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22318"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22319,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22318\/revisions\/22319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}