Deputy health minister: Govt hopes to fully adopt HPV tests for cervical cancer by 2023 | Malay Mail

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Deputy health minister: Govt hopes to fully adopt HPV tests for cervical cancer by 2023

Monday, 10 Aug 2020 12:31 PM MYTDeputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali speaks during a press conference at the Parliament building in Kuala Lumpur July 22, 2020. — Bernama pic

“To date the government has approved another screening method, that is to adopt HPV testing which has been conducted in pilot stages since September 2019 in four states. Citing the National Health and Morbidity survey 2019, Dr Noor Azmi said 60 per cent of women had not performed a pap smear the past three years and 25 per cent had no knowledge of other screening methods.

 

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