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The Irish Cancer Society are pleased to announce their upcoming Decoding Cancer public talk: The HPV Vaccine - warts and all. There are two events, Galway Aug, 23 and Cork, Aug 24. The events are free but please register your attendance in advance.

The number of schoolgirls getting the jab to reduce the risk of cervical cancer plummeted by over 9,000 in the last school year following a safety scare.

The Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) and CervicalCheck launch the Pearl of Wisdom campaign to encourage women to have free regular smear tests.

CervicalCheck – The National Cervical Screening Programme has published screening statistics for the programme’s sixth year of operation.

From May 2015, women whose smear test shows low grade cell changes will also have a HPV test carried out on the sample. The introduction of HPV testing will help to remove the need for more frequent smear tests for many of these women and will lead to earlier investigation for other women.

For World Cancer Day the National Screening Service encourages participation in their population-based screening programmes.

It's European Cervical Cancer Prevention Week - wear or share a free Pearl of Wisdom