Fawole said this on Friday in Ilorin while delivering his paper at the 231st Inaugural Lecture of the University with theme: “Reversing Nigerian Women’s Poor Health Indices: Challenges and Prospects.”

According to him, the cervical cancer specific profile shows that our female population is 99.1 million.

“The crude cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 women was 11.9 and cumulative risk of cervical cancer ages 0 to 74 in 2020 was 1.9 per cent.

“The summary of this is that every day, about 28 Nigerian women die from cervical cancer,” he said.

The expert who teaches in the Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences of the university, explained that globally cervical cancer affected over half a million women each year.

“Cervical cancer kills a quarter of a million and one woman dies of the disease every two minutes, adding up to over 270,000 deaths globally per year.

“This makes it one of the greatest threats to women’s health. Each one is a tragedy, and we can prevent it.

“Most of these women are not diagnosed early enough and lack access to life saving treatment. If we don’t act, deaths from cervical cancer will rise by almost 50 per cent by 2030,” he warned.

Fawole explained that infection by Human Papilloma Virus was the most important risk factor for cervical cancer.

He warned against early exposure to sex at a tender age especially younger than 18 years old and having many sexual partners.

He also explained that smoking and having weakened immune system, including HIV/AIDs, puts women at higher risks of the disease.

The gynaecologist advised people to take responsibility for their healthcare and the environment, and change their attitude towards over reliance to government.

He also advocated that women should be more encouraged to increase their use of obstetrics services manned by professional healthcare workers.

“The government should continue its trajectory on the health insurance scheme and implement the proposed coverage of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to cover more of the population soonest,’’ he said.

Source: NAN

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At a funeral service, the priests admonished the congregation to emulate the departed soul by worshipping God, saying that the deceased did his part while on earth.

The Parish Priest of St. Rita Catholic Church, Sango-Eleyele Road, Ibadan, Rev. Fr. Felix Etaphemi, said that the deceased devoted his life to the service of God.

Going memory lane, the priest urged congregation to emulate the deceased who despite setbacks struggled to educate his children.

He recalled the death of Fawole’s wife, Mrs. Felicia Adebola Fawole, in 1989 at a tender age of 42 years and how the husband trained all the children left behind by the deceased wife, educating them and providing for their needs.

The priest who said he had a solid 33 years relationship with the deceased noted that in spite of the earthly challenges, Fawole was able to contribute his quota to the church in particular and the world in general.

He said the late Fawole took care of his children’ upkeep and education despite the socio-economic challenges which he combined with spiritual activities in the Church.

Fr. Etaphemi who further described the late Fawole as an embodiment of talents said the deceased was also, in his active years in the Church, a volunteer Catechist.

During his life time, the deceased worked at various levels with Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria and  Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority.

Pa Fawole is survived by children, grandchildren and relations including Mr. Opeyemi Fawole, Mr. Tunde Fawole, Dr. Adeola Adesina, Mrs. Felicia Popoola and Mr. Dele Oguntayo.

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