SA government joins forces with WHO and Unitaid to combat cervical cancer

Cervical cancer: Ogun govt, UNICEF to commence HPV vaccination in 12 LGAs

In an effort to reduce cervical cancer cases in the country and increase the immunity of vulnerable girls in the state, the Ogun State Government, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has commenced an intensification programme on Human Papillomavirus, HPV, vaccination in 12 Local Government Areas of the state. The Director of Disease Control and Immunisation at the Ogun State Primary Health Care Board, Thomas Solarin…

South Africa: Call to Scale Up Cervical Cancer Interventions

[SAnews.gov.za] The international community has been called upon to scale up cervical cancer interventions and progress against the only noncommunicable disease that can be eliminated.

SA government joins forces with WHO and Unitaid to combat cervical cancer

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the cause of about 90% of this disease. It can be cured if it is diagnosed in an early stage and treated promptly, explained academic at the University of Talca. Cervical cancer is the fourth most common type in women around the world, with an incidence of approximately 660 thousand new cases and 350,000 deaths in 2022. The main cause is persistent infection with Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). “The good news is that i…

Currently, cervical cancer is the second leading cause of death from women's cancer in Mexico and occupies up to fourth of the most common cancers worldwide. This should not be happening because today it is known that it is one of the few types of cancer that we can prevent with very concrete actions, so it is understood that health systems have failed. In the framework of World Day for the Prevention of Uterine Cancer, decreed by the WHO on 26 …