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Can Australia wipe out cervical cancer? Possibly, if screening rates rise

Registered nurse and Wiradjuri woman Alison Barnes holding a new self screening swab (SBS-Sandra Fulloon).jpeg

Registered nurse and Wiradjuri woman Alison Barnes holding a new self screening swab Source: SBS News / Sandra Fulloon

Migrant and Indigenous women are over-represented among more than 900 cervical cancer diagnoses each year. New approaches aim to change that.


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By Sandra Fulloon

Presented by Peggy Giakoumelos

Source: SBS News


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Migrant and Indigenous women are over-represented among more than 900 cervical cancer diagnoses each year. New approaches aim to change that.


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