PAHO will host on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT- Washington DC time), the webinar "Prevention of cervical cancer in the Americas: Key strategies for its elimination", as part of the activities for Vaccination Week in the Americas 2025.
This webinar will provide a platform to share updates on the status of cervical cancer in our region, review key prevention, screening and treatment strategies, as well as some of the challenges and opportunities to achieve elimination.
The session is aimed at health professionals, policy makers, and organizations working in cervical cancer control in the Americas.
How to participate
- DATE: Tuesday, April 29, 2025
- TIME: 10:00 A.M. (Washington D.C. time or EDT) [check below the local time in other cities]
- LANGUAGES: English, Spanish and Portuguese, with simultaneous translation.
- REGISTRATION: https://paho-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9q5HHEJHSuq8KpIT887e_g#/registration
Context
Cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths in women worldwide, and in the Americas region, it affects almost 79,000 women and causes more than 40,000 deaths per year. In Latin America and the Caribbean, the incidence of cervical cancer varies by country, ranging from 7 to 39 new cases per 100,000 women.
In 2020, the World Health Assembly approved the Strategy for the Elimination of Cervical Cancer as a Public Health Problem, with the goal that countries should achieve an incidence rate of less than 4 cases per 100,000 women, with three objectives to be achieved by countries by 2030:
- 90% coverage of HPV vaccination in girls (at age 15);
- 70% coverage of screening with high-yield test (at age 35 and a second time at age 45);
- 90% treatment of precancerous lesions and invasive cancer.
In recent decades, we have made progress in prevention and control strategies, with the introduction of the HPV vaccine and the implementation of more effective screening tests. However, vaccination coverage remains uneven between and within countries, and many women still do not have access to adequate screening programs.
Time in other cities
- 7:00 a.m. – Los Angeles, Vancouver
- 8:00 a.m. – Belmopan, Guatemala City, Managua, Mexico City, San José (CR), San Salvador, Tegucigalpa
- 9:00 a.m. – Bogotá, Panama City, Kingston, Lima
- 10:00 a.m. – Bridgetown, Caracas, Georgetown, Havana, La Paz, Quito, Washington D.C., Port of Spain, Port-au-Prince, Nassau, Ottawa, San Juan, Santo Domingo
- 11:00 a.m. – Asunción, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Brasilia, Montevideo, Paramaribo
- 4:00 p.m. – Geneva, Madrid.
For other cities, check the local time using the following link.