Ranchi: For the first time, the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) has included some new parameters in its survey, which also includes screening of children. cancer, in women in the age group of 30 to 49 years.
In JharkhandOf the women surveyed, only 0.5% have confirmed that they have been screened cervical Cancer. This figure of respondents is better than neighboring Chhattisgarh and West Bengal where only 0.3% and 0.2% of women have been screened.
In another neighboring state of Bihar, 0.8% of women have been screened, while in Punjab, notorious for cancer cases, 2.5% have confirmed cervical cancer screening. Although this figure, which is less than 5% in most states, appears very low, health experts agree that not all women require scientific investigation and that only a certain proportion of women of reproductive age group group, which are either symptomatic or at high risk. It is necessary to undergo screening (on a diagnostic machine) for detection and treatment of the category.
Among the districts, Giridih tops the list with 1.9% responses, while in Jamshedpur and Dumka, not a single woman ever responded to a cervical cancer test in the sample survey. In Ranchi, 0.3% of women have been screened, where the sample size for the entire NFHS-5 survey included 1,182 women and 156 male respondents in 979 households.
Dr Bharti Kashyap, head of the women’s wing of the Jharkhand chapter of the Indian Medical Association, which is spearheading the campaign for organizing camps and screening women against cervical cancer and anemia, said she had recently completed 6 of the total female population. % target. In the reproductive age group for screening. “On our proposal, the Jharkhand government has decided to screen at least 6% of women in every district, who are either symptomatic or in the high-risk group, as the rest may not have cervical cancer and need to be screened. Not needed,” she said. said.
In JharkhandOf the women surveyed, only 0.5% have confirmed that they have been screened cervical Cancer. This figure of respondents is better than neighboring Chhattisgarh and West Bengal where only 0.3% and 0.2% of women have been screened.
In another neighboring state of Bihar, 0.8% of women have been screened, while in Punjab, notorious for cancer cases, 2.5% have confirmed cervical cancer screening. Although this figure, which is less than 5% in most states, appears very low, health experts agree that not all women require scientific investigation and that only a certain proportion of women of reproductive age group group, which are either symptomatic or at high risk. It is necessary to undergo screening (on a diagnostic machine) for detection and treatment of the category.
Among the districts, Giridih tops the list with 1.9% responses, while in Jamshedpur and Dumka, not a single woman ever responded to a cervical cancer test in the sample survey. In Ranchi, 0.3% of women have been screened, where the sample size for the entire NFHS-5 survey included 1,182 women and 156 male respondents in 979 households.
Dr Bharti Kashyap, head of the women’s wing of the Jharkhand chapter of the Indian Medical Association, which is spearheading the campaign for organizing camps and screening women against cervical cancer and anemia, said she had recently completed 6 of the total female population. % target. In the reproductive age group for screening. “On our proposal, the Jharkhand government has decided to screen at least 6% of women in every district, who are either symptomatic or in the high-risk group, as the rest may not have cervical cancer and need to be screened. Not needed,” she said. said.
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