What is CERVIQ?

CERVIQ is a mobile application or APP, that enables non-physician professionals (e.g. midwives, nurses), conduct cervical cancer screening using visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) and Smartphone cervicography.
CERVICOGRAPHY is a diagnostic medical procedure in which a non-physician takes pictures of the cervix and submits them to a physician for interpretation via a digital medium. Images sent are then interpreted by a pool of specialized medical experts. Screening results, medical prescription if needed, or referrals for treatment/workup is sent back to the non-physician for printing, to be handed to the patient.

• INDEPENDENT PRIVATE PRACTICING MIDWIFE living in the far-flung areas of the country can apply for cervical screening and CerviQ mobile app training to conduct cervical screening.
• LABORATORY CLINICS. How many times have you gone into a nearby laboratory near you instead of getting a lab test in the hospital? The truth is convenience matters. With CerviQ, cervical cancer screening becomes available at any time of the day. You need not wait for your doctor as the images can be transferred to them directly for interpretation.
• BARANGAY HEALTH CENTERS. Cervical Cancer Screening can be done at the barangay level. As long as you employ a trained midwife or nurse, you can get the screening done by trained barangay health workers (BHW) and relay images to doctors for interpretation, with real-time results.
• LYING IN CLINICS and DOCTORS CLINIC. Patients need not wait for long hours for Medical Specialist to come. Trained nurses can conduct the screening, take a photo of the cervix and send it to the medical specialist who can be anywhere at any time of the day for interpretation.
• DOCTORS. Obstetrics and Gynecologists can refer cases to more senior colleagues specializing either in the cervical pathologies (Fellow, Philippine Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology), cancer (Fellow, Society of Gynecologic Oncology of the Philippines), or Infectious diseases (Fellow, Philippine Infectious Diseases Society of OB and Gynecology).