August 5, 2013 | By Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), from Huffington Post
Just last month we had great news for Americans. Infection with the types of human papillomavirus (HPV) that commonly cause cervical cancer in women has dropped about half in 14- to 19-year old girls since the HPV vaccination program started.
The vaccine works. It works even better than we had hoped.
The vaccine is safe. There’ve been over 57 million doses given without ...
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The American Sexual Health Association (ASHA) is pleased to offer the HPV Toolkit, a resource for health care providers that gives an overview of HPV and cervical cancer screening,HPV vaccine recommendations, genital warts, and HPV-related cancers. It also offers suggested counseling messages for patients.The Toolkit is available in PDF format in both English and Spanish. Look around and learn more here!
The Women Survivors Alliance (WSA) is hosting the National Women’s Survivors Convention (NWSC) in Nashville, TN, on August 22-24. The convention’s goal is to empower, educate and connect women who’s lives have been affected by cancer.
With more than 7 million women cancer survivors in the United States, WSA seeks to help women navigate survivorship and life after cancer treatment. The convention will include variety of seminars ranging from “Fashion Tips for Survivors” to “Fear of Reoccurrence”. Additionally, there will be ...
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July 24, 2013 | By Chanda Chimba, from Voices of America
Zambia has one of the highest cervical cancer rates in the world, with 90 out of every 100,000 women contracting the preventable disease. The government is now rolling out a program to vaccinate school girls against the Human Papilloma Virus – which causes cervical cancer. The Lusaka program is being quickly hailed as an early success.
Children attending a fourth-grade class at any primary school learned the country is Africa’s largest ...
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Lesbian and bisexual women urged to come forward for HPV testing and not to take no for an answer from healthcare professionals 10 JUNE 2013 | BY RAKSHITA PATEL, from the UK’s Gay Star News
Lesbian and bisexual women are risking their lives because they are not being tested for cervical cancer – and often doctors even tell them they don’t need to be.
It’s one of the issues LGBT health experts want to highlight as Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust marks Cervical ...
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Cervical Cancer-Free America is pleased to announce that the 2013 Collaborative Research Projects award recipients have been selected. CCFA has chosen four projects with funds ranging from $5,000-$10,000 each, all aimed at impacting cervical cancer disparities in the United States. We would like to thank everyone who submitted an application, and we offer our congratulations to the following researchers for their accepted proposals:
Dr. Jacqueline Hirth, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women’s Health University of Texas ...News Category: National
The Global Forum on Cervical Cancer Prevention, which concluded Monday, May 27th, has made the Opening and Closing Plenaries available for the public’s viewing. The Forum, which was a part of Women Deliver 2013, aimed to increase support for comprehensive cervical cancer prevention programs and accelerate prevention efforts.
Speakers included: Dr. Seth Berkley, CEO, GAVI Alliance; Ms. Genevieve Sambhi, Cervical Cancer Survivor; Ambassador, Power Over Cervical Cancer; Mrs. Graça Machel, Foundation for Community Development and Graca Machel Trust; Mr. Yuvraj Singh, Cancer ...
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Cervical Cancer Action (CCA) has released updated global maps of progress in visual inspection (VIA) for cervical cancer screening, HPV DNA testing and HPV vaccination. Information for the maps was collected through interviews with individuals and organizations in the countries represented. As programs are ever-changing, CCA is always looking for initiative updates and changes in order to gather an accurate representation of the progress in each country.
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On May 27, 2013 the Global Forum on Cervical Cancer will take place in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia. The forum, hosted by Global Health Strategies, will bring together cervical cancer prevention leaders in an effort to share best practices and explore innovative financing options for comprehensive cervical cancer prevention and treatment programs. Watch the webcast of this exciting event here!
The Women Deliver 3rd Global Conference will be held May 28-30 in Kuala Lampur. The meeting will include more ...
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The GAVI Alliance has announced a deal with Merck and GlaxoSmithKline that dramatically reduces the price of HPV vaccines in less developed countries. In these countries, the price of Gardasil has been reduced to $4.50 (USD) per dose, and Cervarix to $4.60 per dose. Prior to this public-private partnership agreement between GAVI and the HPV vaccine manufacturers, the lowest public sector price was $13 per dose. This agreement is an important–and exciting–step in protecting girls in less developed countries from cervical ...
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