PUBLISHED: 7 Perhaps 2024 at 04: 38
After a report showing that around 10 million sexually active Thai women have never had a human papillomavirus ( HPV ) test, the Department of Medical Sciences is urging women between the ages of 30 and 60 to participate in routine cervical cancer screening.
Cervical cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers among Thai people, according to office director-general Yongyot Thammawut. He claimed that each day there are about 15 novel circumstances of the tumor, which affect about 2,200 Thai people annually.
An HPV infections, which is spread through unprotected sexual activity and another high-risk physical activity, is primarily the cause of cervical cancers. However, the condition may be prevented by taking the HPV vaccine and ordinary screening, Dr Yongyot said.
Certainly some Thai people, according to the Public Health Ministry, have ever had their cervical cancer screening tested every five years.
In terms of the number of female citizens who have had an HPV testing test, just 30, 000 feminine Bangkokians claim to have had the test tested every year, according to the ministry’s data from last year.
More than 10 million Thai people have never had their cervical cancer tested, according to a separate report from the Public Health Ministry.
In response, the Department of Medical Sciences is moving to offer people a more convenient method of self-testing for cancers using HPV DNA.
A self-sample kit is available for free to female citizens aged 30 to 60 who are registered with the National Health Security Office ( NHSO ) through the government’s Pao Tang application or at participating locations close to their homes. Those living in Bangkok can even say it at the Health Department’s business.
To encourage the project and ask Bangkok’s qualified adult residents to take part, the Department of Medical Sciences and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s health department are working together to promote it.
Many Thai women who have never had a cervical cancer screening test are thought to be ashamed or hesitant to do so. The project aims to encourage those who have never had one.