Our E-Club International Committee is having meetings over zoom with Rotary Club of Sinkor, Liberia and the Liberia Cancer Society about a project we could support.  The following is information is from the Liberia Cancer Society.  We are looking at supporting them in the purchace of screening equipment.

" Cervical cancer is a public health problem in Liberia. It is the most common and the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in Liberia. All cervical cancers are caused by Human papillomavirus (HPV) a sexually transmitted disease.

In Liberia, cervical cancer is among the leading causes of cancer deaths in women, accounting for more than 40% of all women’s cancer and about two-thirds of cancer deaths. Cervical Cancer ranks as the leading cause of female cancer in Liberia and is the most common female cancer in Liberian women aged 15 to 44 years according to www.hpvcentre.net . Screening and preventive care are crucial to early diagnosis of cervical cancer. Currently cancer treatment are being left to the private sector which makes it difficult for women of lower wealth quintile and remote areas who are affected by the disease to access quality services.

Cervical cancer is largely preventable, but women need to be screened every three to five years to halt the deadly disease. In Liberia, most health