SMS texts remind women of check-up

AUSTRALIAN women are being encouraged to sign up for regular text message reminders to screen for warning signs of cervical cancer.

The Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation is launching an SMS messaging service to remind women to have a pap smear test every two years.

Ninety per cent of women who die from cervical cancer have not had regular pap tests, the foundation's chief executive Joe Tooma said.

He said about 43 per cent of women do not have the recommended two-yearly pap test.

GPs send regular postal reminders to women but Mr Tooma said a text messaging service could be more reliable for women who move house or change doctors.

"Anecdotally, we know people tend to keep their mobile phone number for a long time, so we believe sending them an SMS reminder will be a powerful tool in the fight against cervical cancer," he said.

The foundation will also encourage women to wear orange and get together with their sisters and female friends for the inaugural Sister's Day on November 8, which will be held every year on the same day as the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival's Oaks Day.

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