New Way Women Fit Self-Test for Cervical Cancer Don Land!

Minna, Niger State, Nigeria – E be like say we don enter new era for women wey wan check their cervical health as new guidelines don show say women fit now test for cervical cancer virus by themselves!

Wetin dis one mean be say no need to wait for doctor sharp sharp before you fit do your HPV test. Women fit just use small kit wey dem go collect from hospital, carry am go house, and do the testing by their own self. (Abeg, no be so we go dey take life serious?)

Cervical cancer na big wahala wey dey affect women, especially for low-income countries wey never get better access to health care, screening, or even vaccine. Globally, cervical cancer na di fourth most common cancer for women, with 660,000 new cases wey dem dey estimate for 2022 alone!

For many of these cases, na HPV wey cause am. Women wey get HIV dey six times more likely to develop dis cancer, wey fit lead to serious yamayama if dem no catch am early. No wonder experts dey encourage women wey dey between ages 9 to 14 to take dem HPV vaccine before dem go dey sexually active. (You fit call am ‘early prevention be beta medicine’!)

Di new guidelines wey drop recently encourage women to do di self-collection of vaginal samples to test for HPV. Di American Cancer Society don officially include dis self-test option for women. You fit just picture am – no more long waiting for hospital, na you and your kit alone.

Imagine as you fit just carry di self-test go your bathroom, and nobody go need to dey watch you. (Better privacy dey reign!) After you collect di sample, just send am back to laboratory for testing.

Doctors talk say this new way fit really help women wey dey fear to go hospital for various reasons like trauma or bad experiences. Research show say di self-test go fit double di number of women wey go want participate in cervical screening. (Biko, better option no go good pass dis one?)

With good early detection, cervical cancer fit dey treated successfully. As we dey celebrate this new move, it dey clear say dis na another win for women empowerment and health access. But make we no forget say we still need better education, advocacy, and support from health systems to ensure all women fit enjoy dis opportunity.

Time don reach make all of us shout for better health services and ensure say no woman go suffer silently again. Let’s keep di conversation going and legitimize dis testing as regular practice!