{"id":23504,"date":"2024-10-16T13:52:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T13:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23504"},"modified":"2024-10-16T13:52:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T13:52:33","slug":"low-uptake-of-cervical-cancer-screening-programme-only-1-of-vouchers-used","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/low-uptake-of-cervical-cancer-screening-programme-only-1-of-vouchers-used\/","title":{"rendered":"Low Uptake of Cervical Cancer Screening Programme: Only 1% of Vouchers Used"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>September 28, 2024<\/em><br><em>By Delicia Janniere<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government\u2019s subsidized cervical cancer screening programme, aimed at combating the second leading cause of death among women in Guyana, has seen minimal utilization, with only 1% of distributed vouchers redeemed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was revealed by Vice President and General Secretary of the People&#8217;s Progressive Party Civic (PPP\/C), Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of September, out of the 60,000 vouchers made available to women aged 21 to 65, only 3,300 tests have been conducted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This represents a small fraction of the approximately 300,000 women eligible for the programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative, which allocates $8,000 vouchers to cover cervical cancer testing, was launched with the expectation of a higher uptake. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The programme is supported by a $2.8 billion budget to provide critical early detection services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo expressed concern over the low participation rate and urged more women to take advantage of the subsidized screening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized the importance of early detection in preventing cervical cancer deaths, encouraging women to access the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Women can redeem their cervical cancer screening vouchers at several medical facilities, including New Vision Medical Centre, Woodlands Limited, HUIAQI Health Service, Eureka Medical Laboratory, and Dr. Balwant Singh Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Health continues to promote the programme, stressing the life-saving potential of regular cervical cancer screenings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 28, 2024By Delicia Janniere The government\u2019s subsidized cervical cancer screening programme, aimed at combating the second leading cause of death among women in Guyana, has seen minimal utilization, with&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23500,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23504","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\/23504","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=23504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23505,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23504\/revisions\/23505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}