As long as we are afraid to talk about sex and sensitive issues relating to it, cases of cervical and prostate cancer will continue to rise.
This is the message from Dr Pritinesh Singh a Pathology lecturer at the Fiji School of Medicine to more than 50 employees of Westpac who organised their Fiji's Biggest Morning Tea which part of the Fiji Cancer Society's initiative to raise awareness and funds.
Statistics show that in a two year period between 2007-2008 254 women died from cervical cancer, which has led to Dr Singh calling on women not to ignore changes that their body may be going through.
Dr Singh said men should also take heed of any abnormalities that they may encounter.
According to the society, Fiji has one of the world's highest cervical cancer rates which is 8 times higher than Australia and New Zealand.
The Fiji Cancer Society's Fiji's Biggest Morning Tea initiative will run until the 11th of October.
Story by: Ana Naisoro
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