Rolling out HPV testing for cervical cancer screening and treatment: Experience from a multi-country project

TogetHER for Health organized a webinar on Thursday, February 23, 2023 focusing on investments made by Unitaid to expand access to effective tools improving cervical cancer screening and pre-cancer treatment through the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and the SUCCESS project.

Members from the CHAI and SUCCESS teams described their efforts to offer an affordable, effective package of tools and models for cervical screening and treatment across five project countries. Participants included:

  • Karen Milch Hariharan, Senior Director, Global Cervical Cancer and Nutrition, Clinton Health Access Initiative
  • Owen Demke, Associate Director, Global Diagnostics, Clinton Health Access Initiative
  • Isaac Okiring, Pharmacist, Clinton Health Access Initiative
  • Tasimba Mhizha, Access Programs Analyst, Clinton Health Access Initiative
  • Divya Sarwal, Program Manager, Cervical Cancer Program, Clinton Health Access Initiative

The full webinar recording can be viewed below, or at this link. 

Supplemental materials:

  • Presenter slides are available here.
  • A transcript of the Q&A in the webinar chat can be accessed at this link. 
  • "Cervical cancer: Three takeaways from CHAI’s latest study on human papillomavirus (HPV) testing," a summary of CHAI's recent BMJ article, can be accessed here.
  • A World Health Organization slide deck summarizing negotiated price discounts for cervical screening and treatment can be accessed here. 

We also recommend our July 2022 webinar also featured the CHAI and SUCCESS teams: Deploying Thermal Ablation Devices to Expand Access to Treatment for Cervical Precancer.

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