Sascha Wil­son

As In­ter­na­tion­al Women’s Day is com­mem­o­rat­ed, women and girls are be­ing urged to take charge of their health by en­sur­ing they re­ceive the HPV vac­cine and un­der­go reg­u­lar Pap smears to guard against cer­vi­cal can­cer.

The ad­vice comes from Sorop­ti­mist In­ter­na­tion­al Na­tion­al As­so­ci­a­tion of T&T (SITT) vice pres­i­dent Car­olyn King-Hen­ry and com­mu­ni­ca­tions of­fi­cer Tahi­ra Ah­mad dur­ing SITT’s first 5K event, which start­ed and cul­mi­nat­ed at Skin­ner Park yes­ter­day.