According to the president of Obstetrics & Gynecology Association, Port Moresby General Hospital, Dr. Mary Bagita, said that cervical cancer is a great risk especially with women living in rural areas.
Globally about 500,000 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer, and stated that in 2020 female deaths from breast cancer was 685,000, cervical cancer 340,000, ovarian cancer 207,000, endometrial cancer 97,000, and maternal deaths 303,000.
