Cervical cancer 'could be eliminated' in 78 countries worst affected by the disease, study finds

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Vaccination alone could reduce cervical cancer cases by 89% in low-income countries and lower-middle income countries over the next century – preventing 60 million cases.

Cervical cancer could be eliminated in the countries worst affected by the disease, saving 62 million women’s lives by 2120.

The first study investigated the potential progress that could be made in eliminating new cervical cancer rates by introducing or increasing HPV vaccination coverage, or by combining high levels of vaccination with cervical screening once or twice in a woman’s lifetime. This disparity promoted the World Health Organisation to call for action to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem in 2018.

According to the results, vaccination alone could reduce cervical cancer cases by 89% in these countries over the next century – preventing 60 million cases.

 

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