NIH R01 · 2025
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT In 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for action towards achieving the global elimination of cervical cancer. A strategy for achieving this goal was ratified by member states in August 2020. The WHO plan calls for an aggressive approach of vaccination, screening, and treatment of the human papillomavirus (HPV), the single cause of cervical cancer. In low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), which bear 90% of the incidence and mortality of cervical cancer globally, it is estimated that these goals will not be reached until 2120 – a century from now. One way to markedly shorten this timeline is through HPV self-sampling and immediate treatment for those…
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