Today WHO joins advocates around the 🌐 to commemorate a landmark Day of Action for #CervicalCancer Elimination & welcome groundbreaking new initiatives to end this devastating disease, which claims the lives of over 300,000 women each year.

#GlowTeal

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As with #COVID19, access to lifesaving tools is constrained, with women & adolescent girls in the poorest countries deprived of clinical screening facilities, human papillomavirus vaccines & treatments which those in affluent places take for granted.

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The disparity between deaths from #CervicalCancer in high-income compared with low-income countries tells a stark story, similar to that we have seen during #COVID19, with 9⃣ in πŸ”Ÿ deaths from cervical cancer happening in low & middle-income countries.

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In 2020, just 13% girls aged 9-14 years 🌐 were vaccinated against HPV - the virus that causes almost all #CervicalCancer. Almost 80 countries – home to around 2/3 of the global cervical cancer burden - are yet to introduce this lifesaving vaccine.

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#CervicalCancer could be the first cancer EVER in the world to be eliminated, if

9⃣0⃣% of girls are vaccinated
7⃣0⃣% of women are screened
9⃣0⃣% of women with cervical disease receive treatment

#GlowTeal

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In 2020, the HPV vaccine was introduced in seven countries - Cameroon πŸ‡¨πŸ‡², Cape Verde πŸ‡¨πŸ‡», El SalvadorπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡», Mauritania πŸ‡²πŸ‡·, Qatar πŸ‡ΆπŸ‡¦, Sao Tome and PrincipeπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡Ή, and Tuvalu πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡» – bringing the total to 1⃣1⃣5⃣.

#GlowTeal

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On the Day of Action for #CervicalCancer Elimination, WHO is also highlighting important new breakthroughs to prevent & treat the disease, incl. the prequalification of a 4th vaccine for HPV, which is expected to ↗️ & diversify vital vaccination supply.

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Today WHO is releasing new recommendations to guide research into artificial intelligence based #CervicalCancer screening technologies. This first-of-its-kind guidance supports developers to ensure pre-cancers are detected as early as possible.

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No woman πŸ™…should die from #CervicalCancer.

Through the elimination initiative, WHO is aiming for 70% women to be screened by 2030.

Together, we can end cervical cancer once and for all.

#GlowTeal

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#WorldAntimicrobialAwarenessWeek starts today!

#AntimicrobialResistance (AMR) can affect everyone, everywhere, at any age. πŸ‘€ Watch & listen to our expert explaining why you should care about it!

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🚨 making infections harder to treat
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Live with @DrTedros on #CervicalCancer Elimination Day of Action 2021. #GlowTeal twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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Tobacco use is falling by 5⃣ million people per year

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Millions of lives have been saved by effective & comprehensive tobacco control policies.
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πŸ‘© 7.8% of all women

Approximately 38 million children (aged 13-15) currently use tobacco:
πŸ‘§ 13 million girls
πŸ‘¦ 25 million boys

For your health, #CommitToQuit!

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It's #WorldDiabetesDay.

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