What is Cervical Health Awareness Month?
The United States Congress designated January as Cervical Health Awareness Month. Nearly 13,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year, but the disease is virtually always preventable with vaccination and appropriate screening (Pap and HPV tests).
During January, NCCC and its many local chapters across the United States highlight issues related to cervical cancer, HPV disease and the importance of early detection. While NCCC chapters host events throughout the year, January is a month with a special focus as chapters celebrate Cervical Health Awareness Month and work to spread the word in their communities.
NCCC and the American Sexual Health Association (ASHA) also offer a range of resources (listed below) to educate the public and healthcare providers about cervical health, from fact sheets to episodes of ASHA’s Sex+Health podcast.
What can you do?
As someone who is interested in educating and advocating for increased knowledge of cervical cancer and HPV disease, you can do a lot. You can contact your local media to encourage coverage of Cervical Health Awareness Month, offering this ASHA/NCCC press release. You can also send this proclamation to your mayor, or local legislative office to publicly recognize Cervical Health Awareness Month.
You can also check out the resources online, from fact sheets to episodes of ASHA’s Sex+Health podcast, to educate yourself and others.
Locally, you can contact KeLaHa Projects for more information. They serve as a bridge that connects partnering companies and individuals to the needs of the communities by inspiring, informing and enabling people to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations. They aim to bring social change within the community by meeting the basic needs of our people by means of providing educational initiatives, youth development programs and healthcare awareness.
To be an unrelenting advocate in the fight against cervical cancer by creating greater awareness nationally about the disease, while promoting ways of prevention and early detection and serving as a reliable centre for support and access to counselling for persons and their families battling or otherwise affected by cervical cancer, all through enlisting the involvement and support of the community in various activities and programs.
Join in the “Together we fight - Together we win" Cervical Cancer & HPV Awareness Programs as they Educate, Embrace with Hope, Strength and Courage. Visit the Facebook page for more information.
