The flagship Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) campaign will visit selected Senior High Schools across the country with seasoned health professionals to educate and engage the students.

In the first of such sensitization programme at the City Business College, Dr Naa Sodzi-Tettey, the President of the Medical Women Association, underscored the importance of early screening to avoid complications.

She said early screening could help reduce the suffering of women from the disease; however, many were diagnosed only when the cancer was at an advanced stage and made cure difficult.

An estimated 1,500 Ghanaian women die annually from cervical cancer while over 3,000 women are diagnosed of the disease at its complicated stage making it impossible to cure.

“When it comes to cervical cancer, the alarm really is the fact that what we tend to see in our clinics are advance cases, we see cases at a time when there is relatively very little we can do for the women, the President for Medical Women Association of Ghana, Dr Naa Sodzi-Tettey lamented.

Dr Sodzi-Tettey said early detection of the cancer held the key to a cure and encouraged women, especially those who are sexually active to go for screening.

The Chief Executive officer of Lexta Ghana, Mr Martin Brobbey, said the corporate social responsibility project was the company’s way of encouraging and educating young women on cervical cancer so they can also take the message to their parents, sisters and the society.

“We have taken it upon ourselves to champion the issue of cervical cancer and we are working with Medical Women Association of Ghana to champion this programme and make sure that we care for the women who patronize our products, our sanitary pads, our washing powder, tooth paste, and our diapers,” he said.

The project dubbed: Lexta ‘Teen Care’ Campaign has the following components – Cervical Cancer and Feminine Hygiene, Oral Care and Clean-up Competitions.

The objective is to teach students how to properly manage their hygiene needs by cultivating good personal and general hygiene habits in their adolescent years, which is a crucial phase in their development.