Cervical Screening Programme
Department of Health
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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Under the Hong Kong Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (HOKLAS), the
accredited laboratory is recognized as possessing the capability
to perform specific test according to accreditation criteria and
requirements, which is important in maintaining the quality of a
cervical smear test. General public, health professionals and laboratory
personnel can visit to the following link: Hong
Kong Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (HOKLAS) to view the list
of accredited laboratories under the testing type "Gynaecological
Cytology" for their reference. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is an important risk factor for causing
cervical cancer. Practice safe sex, avoid smoking, receive HPV vaccine
and most importantly, regular cervical screening are important measures
for preventing cervical cancer. Recently, HPV vaccine has become
a hot topic in Hong Kong. In order to provide more information about
this issue to the general public, new webpages on HPV
are now available on the website. Cervical Screening Information System (CSIS) is a computerized
central registry for storing data related to cervical screening.
With the data collected from women, service providers and laboratories,
CSIS facilitates service providers to read the test records of registered
women in providing better patient care, as well as sending reminder
letters to women who are due for screening. Detailed guidelines
and steps on how to register,
activate
the account and view
the results online through the CSIS are now available on the
website. (link to webpages, please) If you wish to register the CSIS now, please click here. A series of 10 episodes 1-minute health promotion programme will
be shown in TVB Jade Channel at 23:35, from Monday to Friday,
starting from 5 to 16 November. Through the daily stories between
a mother and her two daughters, women can learn more about the cause
of cervical cancer and the importance of regular cervical smear.
For the sake of your health and the health of your relatives and
friends, please don't miss this programme. You may also view the
programme by browsing the following website: 13 May 2007 is the Mother's Day. Wishing all mothers healthy and
having a happy Mother's Day! Please use our Mother's
Day e-card to send your warmest regards to all mothers. In order to facilitate women receiving the health messages about
cervical cancer and Cervical Screening Programme (CSP) through multimedia,
an audio clip in Cantonese,
Putonghua
and English was
prepared and are now available in the CSP website. Please click
here to enjoy the audio clip. You may also listen to the audio
clip through the 24-hour education hotline of Department of Health
(2833 0111). In order to strengthen the awareness of public to cervical cancer
prevention, posters about cervical screening will be placed in stations
of MTR and KCR in February and March. Besides, the InfoPanel inside
MTR train will also display messages about Cervical Screening Programme.
Please take notice of the messages. In order to remind women to have cervical smear regularly, a video
on "Killer cancer of Hong Kong women – Cervical Cancer"
will be shown in TVB Jade and ATV Home Channel from Jan to Mar 2007.
Young, middle age or elderly women should have regular cervical
screening to prevent cervical cancer. The Department of Health has prepared a fact sheet each on human
papillomavirus vaccine for women
and health care professionals
to provide them with the updated information of the vaccine. Both
fact sheets are now available for free
download. Please send the fact sheets to your friends and relatives
to raise their awareness on cervical cancer prevention. Starting from January 2007, a new round of invitation letters will
be sent to all households in Hong Kong by phases. The letter is
to arouse women's awareness towards cervical cancer and invite women
who have ever had sex to receive regular cervical smear. An Information
booklet on cervical cancer and the Cervical Screening Programme
will be included. In order to raise the awareness of staff of Customs and Excise
Department (C&ED) on cervical screening and men's health, the
Department of Health collaborated with C&ED in October 2006
to exhibit the promotion boards of Cervical Screening Programme
and Men's Health Programme during their internal activity. There
were also distribution of booklets, leaflets and souvenirs during
the exhibition. Related
photos are now available in Photo Gallery. In November 2006, C&W District Council Steering Committee on
Healthy Community, in collaboration with Department of Health and
several community organizations, launched C&W District Women's
Health Promotion Programme. The programme included activities such
as free cervical smear, women health ambassador training, mobile
health information booth, fitness training class and women's health
survey etc. Related
photos of the programme launch ceremony are now available in
Photo Gallery.
Past Events & News 2007
Updated Statistics of the
Cervical Screening Programme (From 2004 to 3rd quarter of 2007)
21 Nov 2007
List of Accredited Laboratories under HOKLAS
19 Dec 2007
New webpages on Human Papillomavirus are now available
23 Nov 2007
New webpages on Cervical Screening Information System are now
available
23 Nov 2007
Publicity in Television - "Knowing More About Cervical Screening"
29 Oct 2007
Incidence and Mortality
Data
28 Sep 2007
New Birthday e-Card is now available
17 Aug 2007
Please use our new Birthday
e-card to send your greetings to your female relatives and friends
and encourage them to have regular cervical smears.
Mother's Day e-Card is now available
09 May 2007
Statistics of the Cervical
Screening Programme (From 2004 to 2006)
26 Jan 2007
Audio clip of messages about Cervical Screening Programme is now
available
22 Jan 2007
Poster Campaign in Railway Networks
18 Jan 2007
Video API broadcast in Television
15 Jan 2007
Fact Sheets on Human Papillomavirus Vaccine are now available
11 Jan 2007
Household Invitation Letter
3 Jan 2007
Promotion boards of Cervical Screening Programme exhibited in
Customs and Excise Department
3 Jan 2007
C&W District Women's Health Promotion Programme
3 Jan 2007
Past Events & News
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