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A WORLD WITHOUT CERVICAL CANCER DEATHS IS POSSIBLE.
The knowledge and technology exist to eliminate cervical cancer with effective, low-cost tools, even in the poorest parts of the world. TogetHER is a global partnership ensuring the elimination of cervical cancer through advocacy, partnership, and knowledge-sharing, enabling equitable access to effective prevention and care.
Since the launch of the WHO's global cervical cancer elimination strategy, HPV vaccination efforts have made remarkable strides in expanding access thanks to significant political and financial support. Unfortunately, that same level of support has eluded the other two key cervical cancer elimination pillars: screening and treatment. If screening and treatment programs don’t receive similar commitment as vaccination, millions of women today bear unacceptable risk for a preventable disease.
This new report - published by TogetHER in partnership with the Commonwealth Secretariat with support from Roche Diagnostics - lays out the case for increasing investments toward a holistic approach to global cervical health, with a focus on high-performance cervical cancer diagnostics such as HPV viral testing, providing case studies on successful implementation of programs in low-resource settings. It also highlights the importance of strengthening health systems and of building awareness of cervical cancer and cervical cancer prevention.
TogetHER is proud to launch Voices TogetHER, an ongoing series shining a light on people and programs striving tirelessly to inspire, educate and ultimately reach girls and women with information and services to reduce cervical cancer risk among women today, and protect girls in the future.
We’re excited to kick off the series by sharing this short video which provides perspective on our work, our programs, our priorities, and our partners, some of whom we’ll be highlighting in future Voices TogetHER installments.
With support from Cepheid, TogetHER for Health organized a webinar on Thursday, December 12th bringing together global experts to highlight existing opportunities and challenges of screen-and-treat approaches and point-of-care HPV testing, provide regional examples of successful screen-and-treat models, and share perspectives on funding and policy needs to drive progress towards global cervical cancer elimination goals.
This important discussion featured representatives from the World Health Organization, the Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity in Society, the Kenya Medical Research Institute, the Female Cancer Foundation, Tulane University, and Jhpiego.
The world has commemorated every November 17th since 2020 as the Global Cervical Cancer Elimination Day of Action, highlighting global and local events raising awareness of cervical cancer and the opportunity to put this preventable cancer in the history books.
To coincide with the Day of Action, TogetHER for Health publishes our annual estimates of investments for cervical cancer prevention in low-income countries (LICs) and lower middle-income countries (LMICs). This year’s report highlights both exciting and concerning trajectories for investment in cervical cancer prevention.
This data underscores the need for additional support for screening and treatment to ensure that women are not being left behind. Click here to read our blog on our new report and our reflections on this year’s Global Day of Action.
