Cervical cancer awareness and screening campaign starts today

Elizabeth Cox, the President of the Rotary Club of Georgetown receiving a cheque from Brian Hackett, a Scotiabank representative, at the Cervical Cancer Campaign launch.

A cervical cancer awareness and screening campaign starts today, with medical teams conducting outreaches in parts of Region Four as well as Charity and Wakapoa, located in the Pomeroon riverine area of Region Two.

The campaign, a joint initiative of the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA) and the Rotary Club of Georgetown will offer such services as free VIA screening, cryotherapy and pap smears as well as breast examinations.

This is the second such awareness campaign by the GRPA and it is boosted by a contribution of