Salako made the remark on Thursday at the flag-off of the cervical cancer screening programme for the South-East in Imo State.
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The UN, in a statement it issued on Friday, stated that cervical cancer was the fourth most common cancer in women.
She was speaking while receiving a delegation of the National Taskforce on Cervical Cancer Elimination led by the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Adekunle Salako.
The project is being executed in collaboration with the David Umahi Federal University Teaching hospital.
The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has decried the high prevalence of cervical cancer in Nigeria.
Aladenola gave the commendation on Wednesday while speaking at the 2021 Town Hall Meeting on Cervical Cancer held at the Idanre Local Government Secretariat, Owena, Ondo State.
The foundation’s health initiatives focus on breast cancer, prostate cancer, cervical cancer, malaria interventions, as well as maternal and child health.
The exercise, which will be conducted in all parts of the state, started with 200 women in Lagos Island East Local Council Development Area.
Ehanire said this on Tuesday in Abuja during the global launch to eliminate cervical cancer.
Cervical cancer causes 8,000 deaths annually due to late presentation at health facilities, making it the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women aged 15 to 44 in Nigeria.
Cervical cancer occurs in the cells of the cervix, which is the lower part of the uterus that connects to the vagina.
In an effort to eliminate cervical cancer in Nigeria, the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has said his ministry would procure mobile solution treatment machines and distribute to the 774 Local Government Councils in Nigeria.
The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Dr. Ayinke Saka, said this at a press conference to herald the screening on Thursday
Deyin told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Jos that such case could occur because the Human Papilloma Virus easily infected a young woman’s cervix due to premature cells in the cervix
She further stated that not all HPV causes cervical cancer, adding that there are two types of cervical cancer: the squamous cell cervical and adenorcarcinoma cervical cancers
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the World Cancer Day is celebrated annually on February 4 to deepen understanding and create awareness of the killer disease
Cancer is a great threat to men, women and our generation at large and should be taken more seriously. It is a terminal disease which spreads around the body when not quickly detected and properly controlled, due to its severity, it could lead to death.
She said that cervical cancer was killing more people worldwide than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria put together