Please join us Friday, November 16, 2023, 7:00 a.m. ET (Washington, DC) for webinar Cervical cancer eradication activity dayis an event commemorating three years of global collaboration with survivors, leaders and advocates to end cervical cancer.
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In 2018, World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issued a call to action to scale up prevention, detection and treatment, urging the world to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem. I called. In 2020, WHO member states answered this call and passed a historic resolution through a World Health Assembly resolution. WHA73.2 adopted the following: A global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem and its associated goals are responsible for keeping the world on track beyond 2030.
On 17 November 2020, WHO launched a global effort and strategy to celebrate annual progress on the path to elimination by achieving the benchmark of fewer than 4 women per 100,000 women.
Since its inception, the political will to achieve the goals of the strategy has been demonstrated in the development and launch of eradication strategies in all six WHO regions. We have seen early results with his three pillars:
- HPV vaccination coverage: 90% of girls were fully vaccinated with the HPV vaccine by age 15.
- 70% of women were screened using a high performance test by age 35 and screened again by age 45. and,
- Access to treatment: 90% of women with precancer treatment and 90% of women with invasive cancer received treatment.
The action day of 17 November 2023 is an opportunity for us to reflect, assess and refocus scaling up implementation in all WHO regions, together with our implementing partners, including those with real-world experience. Successful partnerships and innovative care models that celebrate country successes, share early learnings and showcase progress are shaping the scale-up of services across each of the three strategic pillars.
the purpose
- Celebrate, advocate, and raise awareness.
- Evaluate progress and highlight innovative approaches.
- Identify persistent gaps, challenges, and specific needs for technical assistance/support.
- Strengthen strategic partnerships and cooperative efforts based on each country’s needs.
Expected results
- Reports of success from each country provide new momentum to national implementation efforts.
- Stories of women that highlight their lived experiences.
- Demonstrate strong implementation partnerships to facilitate the development of strategic partnerships.
- Highlight national implementation successes to inspire national eradication roadmaps.