Cervical cancer: Scientific and technical material
Guides and Manuals: Cervical Cancer
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PAHO/WHO. Monitoring national cervical cancer prevention and control programmes: Quality control and quality assurance for visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA)-based programmes. 2013
This guide outlines quality control (QC) and quality assurance (QA) considerations to support introduction or scale-up of visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) as a screening test for cervical cancer, within the context of national comprehensive cervical cancer prevention and control programmes.
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WHO Guidance Note. Comprehensive cervical cancer prevention and control:a healthier future for girls and women. 2013
Women's cancers, including breast, cervical and ovarian cancer, lead to hundreds of thousands of premature deaths among women. Investments and programmes to prevent and treat women's cancers such as cervical cancer have improved and led to strong reductions in high income countries.
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Other publications
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PAHO. Visual inspection of the uterine cervix with acetic acid. A critical review and selected articles, 2003
The significantly limited impact of cytology based cervical cancer screening programs in developing countries is now widely recognized. There are several reasons for these limits, ranging from the nature of participation of women in screening programs to the access and timely completion of treatment when necessary.
Technical reports
2013
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Situational Analysis of Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control in the Caribbean
This report summarizes the results of a recent assessment of non-Latin Caribbean country policies and services for cervical cancer prevention and control. It is intended to provide a snapshot of the currently available services and capacity, and to serve as a reference for program strengthening.
2011
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PAHO. Progress in Cervical Cancer Prevention: The CCA Report Card, 2011
Based on the laboratory work of Professor zur Hausen and his colleagues and critical Epidemiological studies of Dr. Nubia Muñoz and her colleagues, research over the past decades has shown infection with certain cancer-causing types of human papillomavirus (HPV) to be the necessary, but not sufficient, cause of cervical cancer.