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World Health Assembly Adopts Global Strategy to Accelerate Cervical Cancer Elimination

The World Health Assembly has adopted the global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem.

The resolution urges member states to take strategic and bold action to scale up and sustain prevention through HPV vaccination; screening and treatment of pre-cancerous lesions; and management of invasive cervical cancer, including access to palliative care, to eliminate cervical cancer once and for all.

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GIAHC, a founding member of the Asia- Pacific Women’s Cancer Coalition is proud to announce the launch of APAC-WCC website.

Women in Asia are diagnosed with cervical cancer at a disproportionately higher rate than the global average. Despite early diagnosis leading to more effective treatment, many factors in the region prevent women from receiving the care that they need, and the consequences are severe, affecting not only women as individuals, but society at large.

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