Kyrgyzstan joins European Cervical Cancer Prevention Week

Kyrgyzstan joined European Cervical Cancer Prevention Week to raise awareness about cervical cancer and to highlight the importance of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination. In close collaboration with the Ministry of Health of Kyrgyzstan, the WHO Country Office in Kyrgyzstan, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Kyrgyzstan and Médecins Sans Frontières jointly organized health promotion activities on early diagnosis and screening for cervical cancer. As a result, over 350 Kyrgyz women had medical examinations to detect cervical and breast cancer and received professional medical consultation in the family medicine centres in Bishkek. In the near future, activities on early diagnosis and screening for cervical cancer will take place in other parts of the country.  

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