Armed with slideshows and facts, thousands of Indian doctors are leading a drive to eliminate cervical cancer, transforming routine check-ups into life-saving conversations about HPV vaccination in a country where one woman dies every eight minutes from this preventable disease.
Through UNICEF-supported community health workers like Glenda Mejía, lifesaving vaccines reach El Salvador’s most remote families. Armed with a cooler bag and unwavering dedication, she’s transforming healthcare access, one child at a time.
Grounds for Health’s July 2024 campaign in Kenya screened over 1,800 women for HPV in one week, showcasing scalable cervical cancer prevention in low-resource settings. Using self-sampling and community-led efforts, the initiative achieved high screening and treatment rates, demonstrating the power of innovative health outreach.
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.
“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.”