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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.
With support from Cepheid, TogetHER for Health is organizing 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.
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ll be joined by 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 event will take place on December 12th at 8:00 am EST/2:00 pm CST/4:00 pm EAT.
On World AIDS Day – December 1st – we celebrate the tremendous progress made in the global fight against HIV/AIDS while reflecting on the millions of lives lost and how to ensure access to prevention, testing, and treatment to all in need. It’s also an important day to take stock of progress on global commitments to end HIV/AIDS – which inspired a similar evidence-based global strategy to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem.
Our reflections on World AIDS Day in 2024 focus on a concerning environment for the future of global investments to prevent HIV/AIDS - an environment in which cervical cancer prevention is deeply embedded. As funding for HIV/AIDS programming goes, so does cervical cancer support.
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.
Pooled procurement mechanisms have been essential to negotiating reduced prices and expanding the supply of global health commodities on behalf of low- and middle-income countries - including HPV vaccines. Unfortunately, the uptake of more accurate, easier-to-administer HPV tests has been limited in low-resource settings by their relatively high cost, leaving millions of women at risk of cervical cancer.
TogetHER for Health’s new report - Pooled Procurement to Expand Access to Cervical Cancer Screening in Low- and Middle-Income Countries - provides context for how pooled procurement has benefited global health efforts and how it might play a role in achieving the 70% screening uptake rate that stands as a key pillar in the World Health Organization’s strategy to accelerate cervical cancer elimination.
