Project Teal I&II
Screening made simple for women in need. Project Teal is a pilot program that aims to decrease cases of cervical cancer in under-served communities. The program is a collaboration between the Central Health Medical Practices, the Karen Leung Foundation, Christian Action, and Roche Diagnostics.Cervical cancer is the eighth most common cancer affecting women in Hong […]
Project Teal III
Screening made simple for women in need Project Teal, a programme that is equipped with multiple organisational partners, aims to decrese the incident rate of cervical cancer amongst the female population in Hong Kong. The programme itself provides free cervical cancer screening services (HPV tests and pap smears) and a follow-up consultation in accordance with the […]
Project Teal 3.1
It’s a follow up study from Project Teal 3, which assessed self-sampling for primary cervical cancer screening in under-screened women in the HK female population. Teal 3.1 commenced on Q4 of 2022 and the Foundation, together with its project partners will assess if self-collection of vaginal samples, urine or menstrual blood for screening of cervical cancer can replace […]
Project Teal 4
Project Teal 4, planned for autumn 2023, will cover 1000 women with limited access to screening in a community setting. The project will compare the acceptability of active (HPV self-test) versus passive self-testing (Q-Pad). Program Partners
School Vaccination 2015/16
Mother & Daughter Programme KLF’s successful school-based HPV vaccination project demonstrated a high uptake rate of over 80%, which is comparable to other countries where the vaccine is publicly funded. This project provided low-income Hong Kong families with free access to the lifesaving vaccine for young girls, and in 2018/19 school year, we had also […]
Mother & Daughter Project
A Cervical Cancer Prevention Initiative for Hong Kong We are proud to be launching our new Mother & Daughter project that builds upon the successes of our previous Hong Kong school-based HPV vaccination project. Our initial project demonstrated a high uptake rate of over 80%, which is comparable to other countries where the vaccine is […]
HPV Immunization and Education Programme for Private School Students
In 2022, the Karen Leung Foundation continues to improve and extend the HPV immunization and education programme to private school students, both girls and boys, to ensure the health of our young generations. The programme will offer HPV vaccination and health education for both parents and students at- cost. Started in 2014, the Karen Leung Foundation, […]
School Vaccination 2016/17
Mother & Daughter Programme KLF’s successful school-based HPV vaccination project demonstrated a high uptake rate of over 80%, which is comparable to other countries where the vaccine is publicly funded. This project provided low-income Hong Kong families with free access to the lifesaving vaccine for young girls, and in 2018/19 school year, we had also […]
School Vaccination 2018/19
Mother & Daughter Programme KLF’s successful school-based HPV vaccination project demonstrated a high uptake rate of over 80%, which is comparable to other countries where the vaccine is publicly funded. This project provided low-income Hong Kong families with free access to the lifesaving vaccine for young girls, and in 2018/19 school year, we had also […]
Mother Screening Programme 2019
Mother & Daughter Programme On June 10 and 26, KLF offered its first and second sessions of the mother’s screening program. All registered mothers completed their Pap-Smear tests in our partner clinic, Medishine, in Tsim Sha Tsui. The mothers are recruited through our annual school-based HPV vaccination programme. To date, over 100 mothers have registered […]