We were invited to go back to the 50's to a banquet for the celebration of Jennifer Santos 32nd Birthday. It was a night of simple pleasures and getting to know each other. Everything seem fine then it was revealed that Jennifer was killed 2 weeks ago. The Feast turned out to be an on site trial with all who attended were all suspects to the gruesome trial. I am the gardener who knows nothing about the incident, and there were 6 suspects who were given a chance to defend themselves. Was is the Stepmother and his driver lover? Or was it the jealous sister? The Former lover perhaps? Or the Best friend? Yet no one still knows who is real culprit.
So Who Killed Jennifer?
No Woman Caught Unaware
Tick-tock. 2 hours have passed. A woman has just died from its deathly grip.
Tick-tock. In 2 more hours, one more Filipina will perish. And when the day is over, 12 would have fallen victim.
If you are a woman, take heed. Because this serial female killer is out there, waiting to strike. All around the world, it has killed millions of women already – and will likely kill the millions more who remain unaware that they could be the next target of this fatal female disease known as cervical cancer.
According to the Department of Health, cervical cancer is considered the second most common female cancer in the Philippines today. An estimated 7,277 new cases are reported every year – a number that is said to inaccurately represent the whole population, considering that the surveys to determine the estimate were conducted only in Rizal, Cebu, and Davao. In any case, more than half of this number will die because of the disease within 5 years, simply because women are uneducated on how to protect themselves from the disease.
An occurrence where the normal cells of the cervix turn cancerous, cervical cancer is usually caused by a chronic and persistent cancer-causing type of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) infection that leads to pre-malignant lesions that progress to cancer. Because the condition may take ten to thirty years to happen, there is a large window of opportunity to screen, detect, and diagnose the lesions before it becomes malignant. Visual Inspection of the cervix with Acetic Acid (VIA) and Pap smear help identify these lesions.
But more than detection, prevention is also possible – using a relevant and effective vaccine that specifically targets the cause of cervical cancer, which is HPV, particularly types 16 and 18.
The clock is ticking. But with regular screening, cervical cancer vaccination and a healthy lifestyle, women can save themselves from cervical cancer before it’s too late.
Cervical Cancer by the Numbers
2 Cervical Cancer is the second biggest cause of female mortality globally
510, 000 World Health Organization’s (WHO) estimate of new cervical cancer cases annually worldwide
288, 000 yearly deaths around the world because of cervical cancer, according to WHO
80 percent of cervical cancer cases found in developing countries in the world
245, 000 estimated number of new cervical cancer cases found in Asia every year
7, 277 estimated new cervical cancer cases every year in the Philippines according to survey done in Rizal, Cebu, and Davao by Department of Health (DOH)
12 estimated number of deaths (daily) in the Philippines due to cervical cancer
35 the age to start getting a Pap smear for women who have not engaged in vaginal intercourse
200 number of Human Papilloma Viruses (HPV) acknowledged to exist
15 number of HPV types said to be high-risk (cancer-causing)
16 18 HPV types which cause 70% of cervical cancer cases
45 3rd most common cancer-causing HPV types which is prevalent among Filipinas
So Jennifer was not actually murdered, she had a life threatening condition that at her time was not available, now would be the perfect time to get Vaccines for all females. Let's live life and never worry about this preventable disease.
We may be living in an era where women not only rule our homes, they also run the world—from being leaders in the government to managing business enterprises, women now have more opportunities to realize their dreams. 
