Posted: Friday, January 5, 2024. 10:27 am CST.
By Zoila Palma Gonzalez: January is recognized globally as Cervical Cancer Awareness Month.
Cervical cancer develops in a woman’s cervix (the entrance to the uterus from the vagina).
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), almost all cervical cancer cases (99%) are linked to infection with high risk human papillomavirus (HPV), an extremely common virus transmitted through sexual contact.
Although most infections with HPV resolve spontaneously and cause no symptoms, persistent infection can cause cervical cancer in women.
Cervical Cancer Awareness Month serves as an opportunity for WHO and partners to raise awareness about cervical cancer and HPV vaccination.
WHO urges to:
Get informed. Find out the facts about cervical cancer and the human papilloma virus (HPV) that causes it. Help educate other women in your life too.
Get screened. Cervical cancer screening typically starts at age 30 and is repeated periodically.
Get vaccinated. The HPV vaccine is given in 2 doses that should begin when a girl is between 9 and 14 years old.
In 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) set a goal to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem globally by 2120.
To reach this goal, WHO’s Member States should strive to meet the following interim scale-up targets by 2030:
90% of girls are fully vaccinated with human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine by 15 years of age;
70% of women are screened using a high-performance test by 35 years of age and again by 45 years of age;
90% of women with pre-cancer are treated, and 90% of women with invasive cancer are managed.
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