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The HSE are ‘not in a position’ to do so because of data protection issues.
European Cervical Cancer Prevention Week takes place from January 19 to 25.
The HSE has released details on the uptake rates for its 2011/2012 nationwide HPV vaccination campaign.
The study showed that Northern Ireland was the only country that showed a ‘pro-poor inequality’. Others were ‘pro-rich’ when it came to screening.
Existing chemotherapy regimes are largely ineffective against advanced stages of cervical cancer, which leads to the deaths of 250,000 women worldwide every year.
The Dublin Well Woman Centre is now calling for extra efforts to ensure poorer women continue to access screening under the National Cervical Screening Programme.
The Irish Family Planning Association is this week encouraging women between 25 and 60 to go for free cervical smears.
The National Cancer Screening Service has raised concerns about the low proportion of women aged over 50 who have availed of free screenings for cervical cancer.
It is suspected that 22-year-old Danielle Watson faked having stage four cervical cancer to fund her wedding through charitable donations.
Fine Gael’s Seanad health spokesperson has urged women to book a smear test for the condition, which kills 90 people in Ireland every year.
Writing a blog for the British Medical Journal, the former President has called on pharmaceutical companies to lower the prices they charge for the HPV vaccine.
The Dublin Well Woman Centre has seen a significant drop in the number of people attending for STI screening.
The award was given to a DIT team of researchers by Enterprise Ireland.
A free nationwide screening programme for cervical cancer led to 100 women being diagnosed in its first year.
Schoolgirls begin receiving cancer preventatives today.