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Cervical Cancer Prevention Week campaign highlights that we can all take action to prevent cervical cancer
During this year’s Cervical Cancer Prevention Week (19 to 25 January), we reminded everyone that cervical cancer is preventable, and that the actions we take today can stop it developing in future.
In our messaging this month, we reminded people that the HPV vaccine protects against the main types of HPV that cause most cervical cancers.
We encouraged everyone to play their parts in preventing cervical cancer, saying: “Talk to your children, families, parents, partners and communities.”
We published a series of news reports on our website, including:
- Cervical screening with care – how we support women affected by trauma
- Bringing cervical screening directly to migrant women in Cork
- “I did something good for my future self”: how cervical screening helped prevent cancer
- Going for treatment after screening matters - it can stop cervical cancer before it starts
- Cervical cancer prevention starts with the HPV vaccine
- Working together in Europe to prevent cervical cancer
Diabetic RetinaScreen holds pop-up clinic with Dublin Simon Community
In December, our Diabetic RetinaScreen and Public Health teams linked with Dublin Simon Community to open a pop-up clinic at one of their long-term accommodation sites. We screened six people at the clinic.
The clinic is part of our work to improve equity in screening. We aim to make sure that everyone, including people experiencing homelessness, have the same opportunity to access, take part in, and benefit from screening.
Read more about our work to improve equity in screening.
New research project to support young adults with diabetes to take part in retinopathy screening
We have been awarded a Health Research Board Applied Partnership Award, in partnership with the University of Galway, for a new project to support young adults with diabetes to take part in retinopathy screening.
This two-year project, which starts in the coming months, will be led by the University of Galway, in collaboration with our Diabetic RetinaScreen and Public Health teams.
We will co-design strategies to support people aged 18 to 25 who have diabetes to take part in Diabetic RetinaScreen. The project will combine international evidence and behaviour change theory with stakeholder expertise to develop strategies tailored to the needs of young adults in Ireland who have diabetes.
Read more about our work to support young adults with diabetes to take part in eye screening.
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