TogetHER applauds the World Health Organization’s publication today of new guidelines on thermal ablation for treating precancerous lesions. We anticipate that many countries will update their screen-and-treat policies to incorporate thermal ablation as a result, which will increase access to cervical cancer prevention.

TogetHER is a champion of thermal ablation, which offers advantages over cryotherapy for treating precancerous lesions. Thermal ablation was the topic of a September 2019 TogetHER webinar, and both of the first two small grants awarded via our Cervical Cancer Grants Program supported introduction of thermal ablation, in Botswana and Nicaragua, respectively.