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Researchers have developed a simpler and more effective screening method for cervical cancer than the method used today. A comprehensive study shows that the test detects significantly more cancers and precancerous stages.
In May 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) approved a global strategy for eliminating cervical cancer as a women's health problem
Women with mental illness, neuropsychiatric disability, or substance abuse are less likely to go for gynaecological smear tests for cervical cancer and run more than twice the risk of developing the disease.
The Swedish study found that women with such diagnoses attend their screening programmes less.
Women with mental illness, neuropsychiatric disability, or substance abuse are less likely to go for gynecological smear tests for cervical cancer and run more than twice the risk of developing the disease.