Powerful: Strictly's Karen Hauer (pictured) has joined forces with TOWIE's Jess Wright and Love Island's Laura Anderson for a new charity campaign as part of Cervical Cancer Prevention Week .
The celebrities involved and Misspap want to encourage fans to go to their smear tests as part of Cervical Cancer Prevention Week, which takes place 18-24 January?
Must go! The celebrities involved and Misspap want to encourage fans to go to their smear tests as part of Cervical Cancer Prevention Week, which takes place 18-24 January (Samira pictured).
A smear test detects abnormal cells on the cervix, which is the entrance to the uterus from the vagina. Removing these cells can prevent cervical cancer
Most test results come back clear, however, one in 20 women show abnormal changes to the cells of their cervix
Test:Â A smear test detects abnormal cells on the cervix, which is the entrance to the uterus from the vagina
Removing these cells can prevent cervical cancer (Hannah Elizabeth pictured)Â
Scary:Â It comes after Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust charity estimated 600,000 fewer tests than normal were carried out last April and May due to the pandemic (Dawn Ward's daughter Darby, left, and Made In Chelsea's Maeva D'Ascanio, right)Â
A smear test detects abnormal cells on the cervix, which is the entrance to the uterus from the vagina
Removing these cells can prevent cervical cancer
Most test results come back clear, however, one in 20 women show abnormal changes to the cells of their cervix
In the UK, the NHS Cervical Screening Programme invites women aged 25-to-49 for a smear every three years, those aged 50 to 64 every five years, and women over 65 if they have not been screened since 50 or have previously had abnormal results
It comes after Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust charity estimated 600,000 fewer tests than normal were carried out last April and May due to the pandemic, in addition to 1.5 million appointments missed annually.Â
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