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Abstract

Objective: To describe the knowledge, attitude and practice on 860 patients who treated for gynecological pathology at Treatment on demand department of national hospital of gynecology and obstetrics about prevention of cervical cancer. Subject and method: This is a cross-sectional study. Result: 85% of study subjects correctly understood the main cause of cervical cancer is HPV. The best known preventive measures of study subjects were HPV vaccination (91.2%), safe sex (88.5%) and periodic health examination (86.3%). 56.5% of study subjects conducted periodic health examination and only 21.2% have implemented HPV vaccination. Conclusion: Propaganda is necessary for the general population as well as advice for patients who examined and treated at health facilities to the periodic health examination and vaccination HPV to prevent cervical cancer.