The tragic loss of his wife to cervical cancer ignited Borno state immunisation officer Maina Modu’s determination to protect not only his daughters, but all young girls in the state from the vaccine-preventable disease. From VaccinesWork.
Grounds for Health partnered with Go Doc Go to enhance cervical cancer prevention in rural Ethiopia, providing essential training and equipment to empower local physicians and improve women’s health outcomes.
A new study from Public Health Scotland found no cervical cancer cases in fully vaccinated women following HPV immunization at age 12-13 since the program started in Scotland in 2008.
CAPED, a non-profit in India, and dedicated community health workers are fighting cervical cancer taboos to bring life-saving screening and awareness to India’s remote villages, where 70,000 die yearly from this preventable disease.
“The HPV (human papillomavirus) Testing & Treatment Mobile Clinic is the first of its kind to bring the most advanced cervical cancer prevention technology out of the healthcare facility and directly into the community.”