Why this course?

Description

Cervical Cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer-related death globally. In 2020 an estimated 604000 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer worldwide. About 342000 women died of the disease. The WHO South-East Asia Region accounts for an estimated 32% of incident cervical cancer cases globally, and 34% of cervical cancer deaths.

Cervical cancer is preventable and curable if detected early and adequately treated. In 2020 the Seventy-third World Health Assembly adopted the WHO Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer as a Public Health Problem. The strategy aims to ensure that by 2030 90% of girls are fully vaccinated with the HPV vaccine by 15 years of age; 70% of women have been screened using a high-performance test by 35 years of age and again by 45 years of age, and 90% of women identified with the cervical disease are treated.

This course is a brief summary of the disease background and various recommendations for vaccination & screening to prevent cervical cancer.