In a honor of Kartini Day, an Indonesian holiday to commemorate one of Indonesia’s serious badass ladies in history, Denpasar teens underscored women’s health through a mass administration of cervical cancer vaccines to middle school students.
At least 2,464 students in Denpasar got the vaccines on the holiday, April 21, according to Merdeka.
Cervical cancer ranks as one of the highest types of cancer that cause death, making it a important health problem for women in Bali, said Dr. Luh Putu Sri Armini.
In 2012, 26 deaths were recorded as caused by cervical cancer, while in 20 death were recorded in 2013 and 14 in 2014, Armini told Merdeka.
As a result, the Department of Health, the Indonesian Cancer Foundation, and the Denpasar branch of the Indonesian Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology are all making it a priority to screen early for cervical cancer.
