To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for activities to increase the awareness and knowledge of health care providers and women with respect to ovarian, endometrial, and cervical cancer, and for other purposes.
This bill amends federal public health law to strengthen awareness and education efforts focused on ovarian, cervical, and endometrial cancers. The legislation directs the Department of Health and Human Services to prioritize these three cancers in its public awareness campaigns, particularly through targeted outreach to disadvantaged women. The bill highlights that these cancers disproportionately affect certain populations, noting that Black women experience significantly higher mortality rates from endometrial cancer and Hispanic women have higher rates of endometrial cancer among younger women. The legislation also calls on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to ensure that funding for gynecologic cancer education reflects the severity of these three cancers compared to other gynecologic malignancies. No specific funding amounts or implementation timelines are specified in the bill text.
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