Malaysian homegrown cervical cancer screening programme is a pioneer role model

Through the Rose Programme, women can perform their own cervical screening using a simple self-swab which is easy-to-use, painless, and effective, instead of pelvic examinations by healthcare professionals.

Hasimah Wahab, 65, from Mukah, Sarawak used to be afraid to get her cervical cancer screening done because she was afraid of undergoing the Pap Smear. But, when she found out about a self sampling procedure that she could do herself – one that wasn’t invasive nor painful – Hasimah decided to give it a go.

“I’ve done the Pap Smear before, so I was very scared because I expected this to be the same. But now that I’ve done it, I would recommend more women to do it. Based on my experience, the Covid-19 test is more painful than this HPV test. I did it myself, so it’s not embarassing and not painful.