Saving women's lives from cervical cancer.

摘要

Thanks to intensive research over the past two decades into viable prevention strategies that can work even in the lowest-resource communities, we now have an extraordinary opportunity to address cervical cancer in developing countries, where 80% of the mortality occurs.1 These prevention strategies include visual inspection with acetic acid, human papillomavirus (HPV) testing (both linked to treatment), and vaccines. We, the undersigned, affirm that we must address cervical cancer now. At the same time, we want to express concern over any rush into complex technologies, even low-cost ones, as the main solution. As organisations working in some of the poorest countries, we must "walk in the shoes" of the women we serve to assess the feasibility of any approach. The following criteria are crucial for success: Local access-screening in a woman's own community