🆕 estimates of contribution of #HIV to global #CervicalCancer burden released today. Women living with HIV have a six-fold increased risk of cervical cancer when compared to women without HIV.

👉 bit.ly/36CL4jK
85% of women with #CervicalCancer & #HIV live in sub-Saharan Africa. Preventing both HIV & cervical #cancer could end this stark global disparity.

👉 bit.ly/36CL4jK
For women living with HIV to live long & healthy lives:
✅Combine public health & 👩-centered care
✅Engage 👩in advocating for their care
✅Provide choice
✅Improve access to HPV vaccination & #CervicalCancer screening & treatment
✅Integrate services for #HIV & cervical #cancer
Let’s solve two problems at once: integrating #CervicalCancer screening & treatment with #HIV services, timely initiation of antiretroviral therapy, will catalyze a rapid decrease in cervical #cancer among women living with HIV.

👉 bit.ly/36CL4jK

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