In 2016, screening services were expanded to cover women aged 20 and over because more people were becoming sexually active at younger ages.
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迄今为止，约有半数（46.5%）的目标年龄组妇女已经得到筛查。
To date, almost half (46.5%) of women in the targeted age group have been screened.
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政府致力于通过公共和私立医疗机构提供全面的宫颈癌防治服务。
The Government has committed to deliver comprehensive cervical cancer control services through public and private health facilities.
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通过国家计划免疫和癌症控制计划免费提供疫苗接种和筛查服务。
Vaccination and screening services are provided for free through the country’s immunization and cancer control programmes.
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此外，国家健康保险计划确保有需求妇女获得必要的治疗。
Also, the National Health Insurance Programme ensures women in need receive required treatment.
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宫颈癌呈下降趋势
Cervical cancer on the decline
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卫生和福利部疾病政策处Hye Rae Kim表示，政府对宫颈癌防控的重视正在带来成果。
Hye Rae Kim, from the MoHW’s Division of Disease Policy, says the Government’s focus on cervical cancer prevention and control is succeeding.
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随着筛查率的提高，1993年至2014年期间的浸润性宫颈癌发病率和相关死亡率几乎每年下降4%。
As screening rates have risen, there has been an almost annual 4% decrease in incidence of invasive cervical cancer and related death between 1993 and 2014.
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这一估计是根据国家癌症中心（以人口为基础的癌症登记系统）和韩国国家统计局收集的死亡率数据作出的。
This estimatation is based on mortality data collected by the National Cancer Centre, a population-based cancer registry, and Statistics Korea (KOSTAT).
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Hye Rae Kim说：“宫颈癌筛查已经使癌前病变的发现率增加了6%以上。
“Cervical cancer screening has resulted in a more than 6% increase in detection of precancerous lesions,” says Hye Rae Kim.