OCTOBER 23-29, 2011 National Cervical Cancer Awareness Week Know the odds: each year in Canada, 400 000 women receive an abnormal Pap test result each year, 1 300 to 1 500 are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year, almost 400 will die of the disease vaccination is 99% effective at preventing the types of human papillomavirus (HPV) that cause 70% of all cases of cervical cancer Get a pap test today. Make an appointment with your health care provider OR book an appointment with the Health Unit's Nurse Practitioner or with a doctor in the Sexual Health Clinic.  Pap tests are also available through the Sexual Health walk-in clinic on a first-come first-serve basis on Mondays and Thursdays.

For general information about Pap tests, click on the link below:

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
• Society of Canadian Colposcopists
• Federation of Medical Women of Canada 

For information about the human papillomavirus (HPV), click on the link below:

• HPVinfo.ca