Didactics-Learning from the journey to global cervical cancer elimination

Learning from the journey to global cervical cancer elimination

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The presentation addresses personal insights on cervical cancer, emphasizing the World Health Organization's initiative to eliminate it through increased HPV vaccination, extensive screening, and improved treatment, including palliative care. The speaker highlights the proven effectiveness of HPV vaccines, especially the bivalent and 9-valent types, and the sufficiency of a single vaccine dose. However, practical challenges like implementing widespread screening in resource-limited settings are acknowledged, illustrating pap smears and visual inspections' limitations. Technological advancements such as more sensitive HPV tests and artificial intelligence for cervix evaluations were discussed optimistically, highlighting self-sampling's acceptability and the potential for battery-powered treatment devices to overcome infrastructural challenges. Key learnings emphasized include the need for affordable, scalable solutions, and the importance of wise resource distribution, particularly in poverty-stricken areas.

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Dr. Jose Jeronimo
March 2024

Keywords

cervical cancer

HPV vaccination

screening

treatment

technological advancements

resource distribution