Statistics are showing that two women die daily from these illnesses.
NCD Governor Powes Parkop shared this information during the commemoration of Pink Day awareness in Port Moresby.
Pink is the color associated with the Campaign against breast cancer and cervical cancer in the month of October.
Governor Parkop said that cervical cancer and breast cancer are leading cancers for women and girls in Papua New Guinea.
He emphasized that early detection and prevention is better than cure.
