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Accelerating Cervical Cancer Prevention and Family Planning Integration

November 7, 2019

In the lead-up to this month’s International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD+25), TogetHER and partners offered an exciting convening in Washington, DC on accelerating the integration of cervical cancer prevention and family planning services.

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New WHO Guidelines on Thermal Ablation

October 16, 2019

TogetHER applauds the World Health Organization’s publication today of new guidelines on thermal ablation for treating precancerous lesions.

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Cervical Cancer Prevention Funding Remains Insufficient

September 23, 2019

TogetHER has published a new policy brief highlighting the shortfall in current resources for cervical cancer prevention.

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Be a Cervical Cancer Champion, TogetHER Urges New UNAIDS Exec Director

August 20, 2019

TogetHER and our partner organizations were honored to receive a very encouraging and almost immediate response to the letter we sent to newly appointed UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima, in which we offered congratulations and urged her to include cervical cancer prevention among the priorities for her tenure.

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MoviCancer Foundation and Jhpiego Win First TogetHER Grant Awards

August 2, 2019

TogetHER announced our first awards under the Cervical Cancer Grants Program, providing small, highly-targeted grants to strengthen adoption of cervical cancer primary and secondary prevention technologies by generating evidence that speeds wider product access and uptake.

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TogetHER Case Studies Highlight Successful Cervical Cancer Programs

June 26, 2019

TogetHER has launched an initiative to highlight successful cervical cancer prevention programs by making case studies available on our website.

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New York Times Piece Highlights Global Challenge of Cervical Cancer

June 11, 2019

The New York Times published an opinion piece describing a Guatemalan woman’s struggle with cervical cancer, and using her story to frame the issue worldwide.

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“Be Louder” – Women Deliver Conference

June 3, 2019

Experts, advocates, frontline health workers and implementers gathered at the Women Deliver side event “Not Without a Cervix! Advocating for an Effective Cervical Cancer Response.”

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Preparing US Gov’t for 2019 World Health Assembly

May 6, 2019

TogetHER’s Executive Director, Celina Schocken, gave remarks to U.S. government representatives preparing to participate in the World Health Assembly.

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Saving Lives with HPV Immunization

Saving Lives with HPV Immunization

April 25, 2019

During World Immunization Week—April 24-30, 2019—TogetHER for Health celebrated the lifesaving vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV), the virus that causes most cases of cervical cancer.

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Cervical Cancer Prevention

New TogetHER Grant Program Supports Cervical Cancer Prevention

April 4, 2019

TogetHER for Health has launched a new Cervical Cancer Grants Program to address barriers to access, and strengthen and speed the adoption of cervical cancer prevention technologies.

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Lifeline to Ghanaian Women at Risk for Cervical Cancer

April 1, 2019

A new thermal coagulator device has transformed cervical cancer treatment at the Mctoone Cancer Care Foundation in Kumasi, Ghana.

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TogetHER Webinar on Automated Evaluation of Cervical Images to Detect Cancer

February 4, 2019

Learn about a groundbreaking study by Global Good, the National Cancer Institute and the National Library of Medicine that found AVE can visually recognize cervical pre-cancerous lesions better than a human expert.

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Friends Don’t Let Friends Get Cervical Cancer

Friends Don’t Let Friends Get Cervical Cancer

February 4, 2019

“This is a story about my best friend’s mother and my mother’s best friend. One died from cervical cancer. One survived. They lived in the same rural Kenyan village where I grew up.” (Reposted from the Global Health NOW blog)

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A Big Year Ahead for Cervical Cancer Prevention

February 4, 2019

Big global gains against cervical cancer are possible with sustained attention and investment, and gains are urgently needed. (Reposted from the Panorama Global blog)

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TogetHER’s 2018 Year in Review

December 18, 2018

Take a look at what we accomplished in our first year, and our evaluation of the state of the global cervical cancer field. 

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World AIDS Day 2018

World AIDS Day 2018

November 30, 2018

TogetHER joined HIV and AIDS activists worldwide to commemorate the 30th annual World AIDS Day. Cervical cancer is one of the main causes of death for women living with HIV.

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Changing the Cervical Screening Paradigm in Malaysia

Changing the Cervical Screening Paradigm in Malaysia: Program ROSE

October 4, 2018

Program ROSE successfully improved cervical cancer screening rates and reduced the burden of cervical cancer in Malaysia.

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Cervical Cancer and HIV – Two Diseases, One Response

October 1, 2018

Synergies between the AIDS and cervical cancer responses can protect major investments in HIV/AIDS, since HIV-positive women are at particular risk for developing cervical cancer. (From UNAIDS’ website)

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Powerful Voices for Eliminating Cervical Cancer

Powerful Voices for Eliminating Cervical Cancer at UN Side Event

September 28, 2018

On the eve of the 3rd United Nations High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD), a panel of international experts spotlighted cervical cancer, which is one NCD that could be eliminated as a public health problem by scaling up access to the tools already available.

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