𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐲𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐉𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐚: 𝐂𝐇𝐎-𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐢 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐎𝐫𝐒𝐔
In celebration of 2025 National Women’s Month, the City Health Office of Mati offered free cervical cancer screening to Davao Oriental State University (DOrSU) female employees, aged 30 to 65. The activity was held on March 26 in front of the DOrSU Academic Building, utilizing the CHO’s Mobile Surgical Unit.
The free screening was conducted through Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA), a method for early detection and prevention of cervical cancer— one of the top three leading causes of death among women.
This health initiative is part of the program “Serbisyo Para Kay Juana,” organized by the DOrSU Center for Gender and Development, in collaboration with the City Health Office of Mati, DOrSU Office of Health Services, and DOSCST Multipurpose Cooperative.
(𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝑃𝐼𝑂 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎 𝐹𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎 𝐶𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐽𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒 𝑇𝑢𝑛𝑜𝑛𝑔, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ𝑠 𝑏𝑦 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎 𝐴𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑜, 𝐽𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑉𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐸𝑝𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑜 𝑇𝑖𝑙𝑢𝑑.)
