Global Health Magazine on Cervical Cancer
An interesting blog post from Global Health Magazine published by the Global Health Council discusses a disease often overlooked in the developing world: cervical cancer. The disease kills one woman every two minutes. While it affects women worldwide, the mortality rate in Africa is particularly high at 80% due to multiple factors including low screening rates, lack of awareness, and the twin issue of HIV infection.
Especially with the availability of the HPV vaccine, there is incredible potential for improving prevention. Global Health Council members PATH and GSK have partnered to create a pilot project in Uganda, distributing the vaccine to rural populations. A high rate of acceptability of the vaccine in rural areas is a promising start to better prevention against cervical cancer.
Read the whole post and check out the Global Health Magazine blog here.
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November 12, 2009 at 5:08 pm
That rate of death by cervical cancer is astonishing given the existence of the the HPV vaccine. Its good to see the program in Uganda, but it is really only a start given that the country is one of the most advanced on the continent. Similar programs will be much more difficult in the less advanced countries where even basic immediate health care is hard to access.