Karen Canfell

Aug 25, 2024 | theconversation.com | Karen Canfell |Deborah Bateson |Megan Smith

Cervical screening in Australia has changed over the past seven years. The test has changed, and women (and people with a cervix) now have much more choice and control. Here’s why – and what you can expect if you’re aged 25 to 74 and are due for a test. When and why did the test change? In 2017, Australia became one of the first two countries to transition from Pap smears to tests for the presence of the human papillomavirus (HPV).