A study was done at three major hospitals in Saudi Arabia to test women for Human Papillomavirus (HPV). The samples of this experiment were patients at King Fahd Medical City, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Reserch Centre, and King Abdulaziz Medical City-National Guard Health Affairs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Persistent infection of a high risk HPV can lead to cervical cancer and in some cases can even be lethal. In Saudi Arabia over 150 new cases of cervical cancer is diagnosed, and 55 women die from it each year in Saudi Arabia (AlObaid).
During this experiment they concluded that ten percent of Saudi Arabia women have the HPV DNA in their body. They also learned that only thirty percent of saudi women are even aware of the HPV virus, but ninety percent of saudi women were interested in the HPV vaccination.(AlObaid) In 2010 the Saudi Arabian Food and Drug administration had just approved the prophylactic HPV vaccines for women between the ages of eleven and twenty six.(Hussain) The chances of Women in Saudi Arabia getting cervical cancer could drastically decrease if they performed routine HPV screenings, and gave out routine vaccinations for the HPV virus. With the proper prevention, care, and awareness the amount of HPV and cervical cancer cases can be lowered substantially.
AlObaid, Abdulaziz, et al. "Human Papillomavirus Prevalence And Type Distribution Among Women Attending Routine Gynecological Examinations In Saudi Arabia." BMC Infectious Diseases 14.1 (2014): 132-149. Academic Search Premier. Web. 5 Oct. 2016.
Hussain, Aneela N., et al. "Attitudes And Perceptions Towards HPV Vaccination Among Young Women In Saudi Arabia." Journal Of Family & Community Medicine 23.3 (2016): 145-150. Academic Search Premier. Web. 5 Oct. 2016.
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