Elimination, Prevention and Equity in One Step

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DIRECTOR:Chile today has a historic opportunity: to become the first Latin American country to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem. We have the evidence, technology and funding necessary to achieve this, which positions our country as a regional reference in women's health and health equity. In the last Public Account, President Gabriel Boric announced the incorporation of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) test as a primary screeni…

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A comprehensive observational study carried out by the Southern Medical University of Shenzhen (China) and published in Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinical Medicine alerts to the increasing risk of cervical cancer in women aged 65 and over, linked to the human papillomavirus (HPV). Currently, most clinical guidelines advise against continuing screening after age 65, provided that previous cytology has been normal. However, the new findings cast d…