Cervical cancer vaccination from 2025
Professor Khaled Rahal, head of the cancer surgery department at the Salah Azzaiez Institute, indicated that cervical cancer has increased, with nearly 600 new cases per year, 70% of which are detected at the fourth stage.
He stressed on Friday, during a scientific meeting organized by the National Office for Family and Population on “female cancers” that screening for colon and uterine cancer is carried out late due to the inadequacy of awareness and prevention operations.
The head of the cancer surgery department estimated that the number of women suffering from cervical cancer and breast cancer will increase due to malnutrition, a sedentary lifestyle and smoking, which increase the risk factors.
For her part, the assistant professor in obstetrics and gynecology at the regional hospital of Ben Arous Hajer Bettaieb affirmed that cervical cancer is the fourth most common in women, stressing the importance of vaccination from the age of 12.
“Vaccination against cervical cancer will be introduced into the vaccination schedule from the year 2025 with a view to reducing attack rates,” she added.
For his part, the President Director General of the National Family and Population Office Mohamed Douagi underlined the importance of early detection of cervical cancer which is the first and most common cancer in women, specifying that the office works to strengthen the culture of equality and free care through health caravans across all governorates.
