Thread by @WHO

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.

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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 🔟 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

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In 2020, the HPV vaccine was introduced in seven countries - Cameroon 🇨🇲, Cape Verde 🇨🇻, El Salvador🇸🇻, Mauritania 🇲🇷, Qatar 🇶🇦, Sao Tome and Principe🇸🇹, and Tuvalu 🇹🇻 – bringing the total to 1⃣1⃣5⃣.

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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 🙅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.

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