About 30 new cases of cervical cancer are annually recorded in the Republic of Moldova. A positive trend to identify the disease at incipient stages is seen and this enables to usefully treat the cases. The UN Population Fund, together with Romania’s International Development Cooperation Agency, have staged a number of events to prevent cervical cancer among women in the Republic of Moldova. It goes to an information campaign and to the outfitting of laboratories with modern equipment, training of medical workers, IPN reports.
UNFPA and RoAid signed an agreement aimed at strengthening the intervention capacities of the medical system and at increasing the efforts to inform the population. In the course of this year, there will be launched a campaign to inform women and urge them to do a Pap test once in three years. The campaign will take place mostly in rural areas. These will be developed partnerships with professional association and the private sector so as to increase the addressability of the target population to available cervical screening and anti-HPV vaccination services.
“The support provided by RoAid will amplify the results achieves so far and will enable us to extend the efforts to prevent cervical cancer nationwide. It is proven that vaccination against HPV, Pap screening and treatment of pre-cancerous treatment are key interventions that can annihilate this disease. We are grateful to the partners in Romania as they support our common cause to eliminate cervical cancer in the life of women of the Republic of Moldova,” said UNFPA Moldova Resident Representative Nigina Abaszada, who is quoted in a press release of the organization.
“We are honored and can support the cervical cancer prevention interventions in the Republic of Moldova, from which a number of women and girls can benefit. The ensuring of health is one of the sustainable development objectives that Romania promotes by international development cooperation, the Republic of Moldova continues to be one of the main beneficiaries of official development assistance in different sectors, including the facilitation of access to high-quality health services,” said Mihai Sandu, RoAid deputy director general.
According to the study “Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Cervical Cancer Prevention”, the women aged between 25 and 61 who realize the importance of doing a Pap test rose from 47% in 2018 to 62% in 2020, while the women who did a test in the period doubled.
