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Cervical cancer is preventable and highly treatable when detected early.<\/div>\n
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Access to accurate information, HPV vaccination, and regular gynaecological screening are among the most effective ways to protect women\u2019s health. \"\ud83d\udc99\"<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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At UNIC Medical Centre, gynaecological care is provided by specialised physicians with extensive academic and clinical experience.<\/div>\n
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\"\ud83d\udc69\u200d\u2695\ufe0f\"<\/span> Medical Team<\/strong><\/div>\n
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\u2022 Dr Dionysios Vaidakis, Obstetrician \u2013 Gynaecologist<\/div>\n
\"\ud83d\udcde\"<\/span> 22 368 900 \"\ud83d\udccd\"<\/span> Nicosia<\/div>\n
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\u2022 Dr Savvas Argyridis, Obstetrician \u2013 Gynaecologist<\/div>\n
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\"\ud83d\udcde\"<\/span> 22 368 900 \"\ud83d\udccd\"<\/span> Nicosia<\/div>\n
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\"\ud83c\udf0d\"<\/span> According to the World Health Organization, cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide. In 2022, approximately 660,000 new cases were reported, with around 90% of deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries, where access to prevention and early diagnosis remains limited.<\/div>\n
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\"\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddfe\"<\/span> In Cyprus, preventive screening with the Pap test is offered through the General Healthcare System (GHS) to women aged 18\u201364 years, free of charge every two years.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cervical cancer is preventable and highly treatable when detected early. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3772,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unic.ac.cy\/medicalcentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unic.ac.cy\/medicalcentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unic.ac.cy\/medicalcentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unic.ac.cy\/medicalcentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unic.ac.cy\/medicalcentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unic.ac.cy\/medicalcentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unic.ac.cy\/medicalcentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unic.ac.cy\/medicalcentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unic.ac.cy\/medicalcentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unic.ac.cy\/medicalcentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":3732,"date":"2026-01-20T13:55:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T13:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unic.ac.cy\/medicalcentre\/?p=3732"},"modified":"2026-01-22T09:30:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T09:30:39","slug":"vaccinations-against-seasonal-viruses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unic.ac.cy\/medicalcentre\/vaccinations-against-seasonal-viruses\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaccinations against seasonal viruses"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ministry of Health has recently announced that it will be offering vaccines against Seasonal Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), as well as the recombinant monoclonal antibody Nirsevimab for the prevention of RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) infection free of charge, in accordance with the following guidelines.<\/p>\n

If you are eligible for vaccination, contact our Medical Centre to book an appointment.<\/p>\n

A. Seasonal Influenza<\/strong><\/p>\n

All individuals aged 6 months and above are eligible for vaccination against seasonal influenza However, priority will be given to\u00a0vulnerable groups and those who are at increased risk<\/strong>,<\/a>\u00a0particularly individuals over 60 years of age who run a higher risk of developing serious complications if infected.<\/p>\n

The following vaccines against Influenza are available:<\/p>\n