Empowering women to take control over cervical screening

A study published in The Lancet on Nov 2, 2021, shows that the introduction of the human papillomavirus (HPV) immunisation programme in England, UK has led to an 87% relative reduction in cervical cancer cases in women who were vaccinated when they were aged 12–13 years. Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women and most cases are caused by HPV infection. WHO estimated that 604 000 new cases and 342 000 deaths due to cervical cancer occurred globally in 2020. In the Western Pacific region, approximately 193 000 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer and 74 900 women died from the disease in the same year.

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