Reggie Mutia Lambo Drilon, President of the Cancer Survivors Organization at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH), says that the government
will be risking lives—and incurring more costs for cancer treatment in the long run—if there is any reduction to the proposed budget for the school- and community-based HPV immunization program spearheaded by the Department of Health .
In 2018, Ms. Drilon also had to undergo additional aggressive chemotherapy to treat cancer cells that had spread to her abdomen and bones. She was cleared of cancer in February 2020, but is still required to take positron emission topography scans every six months to screen for any recurrence. More than 95% of cervical cancer is due to the human papilloma virus, which can be transmitted via sexual contact, skin-to-skin contact and very rarely, through objects exposed to the virus. HPV vaccination and early detection via screening are still the best protection from cervical cancer. Under the immunization program, two doses of HPV vaccine are given to female learners aged 9 to 14.
To eliminate cervical cancer by 2030, the World Health Organization recommends that 90% of girls be fully vaccinated with the HPV vaccine by the age of 15; 70% of women screened using a high-performance test by the age of 35, and again by the age of 45; and 90% of women with pre-cancer treated and 90% of women with invasive cancer managed.
Instead, she has primarily relied on PhilHealth insurance and pieced-together financial and medical assistance from various government offices—among them the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office , Senate Public Assistance Office, Department of Social Welfare and Development , and even the newly established Presidential Help Desk—to fund her diagnostic tests, surgical operations, and cancer therapies.
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