Pink Drive For Cervical Cancer


PinkDrive is an NGO, which is funded by the generosity of corporates and people that help them fund raise. “Pink Drive currently runs four “Pink” mobile breast check units, as well as nine educational cars. All units travel to semi-urban and urban areas around South Africa with the aim of enabling numerous disadvantaged communities access to diagnostic mammography screening, education, physical examinations and how to do breast self-examination.

The first mobile screening unit successfully launched in the Western Cape in 2011 and operated through local clinics, community health centres and hospitals. Cervical cancer develops in a women’s cervic. This has made women more aware of their body.

The earlier a woman starts having sex and the more men she has sex with, the more likely she is to pick up an infection with a cancer-causing strain of HPV, but this does not mean women who get cervical cancer have it because they were promiscuous. HPV is a very common infection and the major cause of cervical cancer.

There are no early detectable signs. Women with ovarian cancer report that symptoms are persistent and represent a change from normal for their bodies. The frequency and/or number of such symptoms are key factors in the diagnosis of ovarian cancer. Even early stage ovarian cancer can produce these symptoms. Bloating, Pelvic or abdominal pain, Difficulty eating or feeling full quickly, Urinary symptoms urgency or frequency. Several other symptoms have been commonly reported by women with ovarian cancer. These symptoms include fatigue, indigestion, back pain, pain with intercourse, constipation and menstrual irregularities.

Girls younger than 15 years old rarely develop cervical cancer. The risk goes up between the late teens and mid-30s. Women over 40 years of age remain at risk and need to continue having regular cervical cancer screenings, which include both a Pap test and HPV test. It is the second leading cancer death.

Most health care organizations recommend women begin regular Pap testing at age 21. The purpose of a Pap smear is to collect cells from your cervix, which is the lower end of your uterus. The cells collected in a Pap smear can detect if you have cervical cancer or suspicious cells that indicate you may develop cervical cancer.

Pink Drive has their mobile clinics within areas where they don't only do pap smear but also educate and have one to once bases with the patient. They have an active schools programme as well.

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Written By: Micurls Muller

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