Cervical Cancer Awareness

May 27, 2019 Provincial

Bacnotan District Hospital (BDH) nurse Aiza Valdez advises women to undergo regular Pap smears to early detect cancer of the cervix, during her lecture in observance of Cervical Cancer Consciousness Month on May 14, 2019.
Cervical cancer ranks as one of the leading causes of death among Filipino women and the figures are rising according to the Department of Health, but is one of the most curable types of cancer when detected early.– Melanie Holt, GPC-BDH

Photo by Mhark Parchamento/ABN