Introduction: Cervical cancer remains the second commonest female malignancy worldwide and the seventh among Malaysians. Globally in 2012, an estimated 528 000 women developed cervical cancer and almost 266 000 died from this disease. Of all cervical cancers, 83% occur in the less developed world due to the absence of screening. To promote the community health awareness of cervical cancer which is preventable. Methods: By internet literature searching (Google Scholar) and textbooks. Results: The primary cause of cervical pre-cancer and cancer is persistent infection with one or more of the oncogenic types of HPV, the most common infection acquired during sexual inter-course, usually early in sexual life. Cervical cancer due to HPV can be prevented by HPV vaccination, participation in a screening program, avoidance of smoking, limitation of sex partners and use of a condom. Three HPV vaccines are available worldwide such as bivalent HPV 16/18 vaccine, quadrivalent HPV 16/18/6/11 L1 virus-like particles vaccine and 9-valent HPV 6/11/16/18/31/33/45/52/58 recombinant vaccine. The HPV test can be done on the same sample of cells collected from the Pap test and it can help to know HPV types. Conclusion: Cervical cancer due to HPV can be prevented by vaccination and the pre-cancerous phase of cervical cancer can be screened by the HPV testing with the Pap test. The community health awareness plays a major role in cervical cancer prevention.