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Cervical cancer elimination efforts boosted by simpler ways to identify and treat pre-cancerous lesions

Project sites in seven low-income countries have reached the 90% targets set by the World Health Organization (WHO) for treating women identified with pre-cancerous lesions. This success was achieved using a model…

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First voluntary licensing of cancer drug sets ‘vital precedent’ for the industry

The first voluntary licence for a patented cancer medicine was signed last month on the fringes of the 2022 World Cancer Congress in Geneva. The agreement between the pharmaceutical company Novartis and…

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Addressing the pathological hole at the core of many LMIC cancer plans

A patient visits their local primary care facility with symptoms that could indicate a possible cancer. What happens next could determine their chances of survival. In the event that it turns out…

Delivery of Care

Surviving childhood cancer in Africa: helping families stick with the treatment plan is key

Faced with poverty, low maternal education and fears about treatment effects, many families in sub-Saharan Africa are abandoning cancer treatment for children and young people, harming chances of survival. In Kenya and…

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Developing palliative care: new WHO guidance helps countries tailor their own path

Image: Delivering palliative care in Kerala, India ©Camilla Perkins, camillaperkins.com Delivering palliative care to avoid unnecessary health-related suffering is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as “a moral imperative and a…

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HPV vaccine “lying around” unused in Africa due to pandemic disruption

Vaccinations for human papillomavirus (HPV) in Africa are well below World Health Organisation (WHO) targets due to COVID-19 pandemic disruptions. The WHO Africa region target was to have 35 countries introduce the…