PICCSI 2022

PICCSI 2022

Bywpadmin

The amazing team of PICCSI volunteers are making their final preparations to visit Fiji early next month. The PICCSI team will be visiting five sites again in 2022 to offer free on-the-spot screening for Human papillomavirus: the virus responsible for causing cervix cancer / cervical cancer. PICCSI will be using the state of the art…

Cervical Cancer Screening: Self Collected Samples

Bywpadmin

A recent article published by the ABC’s Olivia Wills discusses self-collected human papilloma virus (HPV) testing. Self-collected cervical swabs are an alternative to a health professional collecting a sample for HPV testing or performing a pap smear. HPV is the virus that causes about 99 per cent of cervical cancers. The new HPV test looks…