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Men and women in Dominica have been told that having one sexual partner could help in the fight against cervical cancer among the country’s women.<\/p>\nMen and women in Dominica have been told that having one sexual partner could help in the fight against cervical cancer among the country’s women.<\/p>\n
A female gynecologist on the island is pointing to the fact that having multi-sex partners is a cause of cervical cancer; a situation that is worrying health officials.<\/p>\n
Consultant Gynecologist Dr. Bianca Roberts, said at the start of a cervical cancer workshop on Tuesday that both women and men need to be vigilant in their lifestyles.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you have more than one simultaneously, more than one in your history, your risk is increased. If you have male partners who have a lot of partners at that same time, or men who have sex with men, this is also high risk. If you start having sex early, you are at risk,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She said women in particular need to be vigilant in the protecting themselves from cervical cancer. “The only person with the cervix is the females and they need to protect themselves,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Meantime women in Dominica are being urged to get screened with the aim of preventing cervical cancer.<\/p>\n
Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician, Dr. Ruby Blanc, said with advanced methods to detect all types of abnormalities, one death from cervical cancer among women is one case too many.<\/p>\n
According to statistics, approximately 80,000 new cases of cervical cancer occur annually with about 15 percent accounting for cases in the Caribbean and 35,000 deaths yearly with 12 percent accounting for deaths in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Men and women in Dominica have been told that having one sexual partner could help in the fight against cervical cancer among the country’s women. A female gynecologist on the island is pointing to the fact that having multi-sex partners…","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n