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- 10 Key Findings and Recommendations for Effective Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment Programs
In early 2007, partners of the Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention met to assess newly analyzed results of key studies in India, Peru, South Africa, and Thailand. These new data spurred the partners to outline ten key findings and recommendations for global policy and practice related to cervical cancer screening and treatment in low-resource settings.
Publication date: April 2007
Region: Global
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- ACCP Strategies for Supporting Women With Cervical Cancer
This report provides an overview of current issues relating to cancer treatment in developing countries, followed by descriptions of existing support for cancer patients in countries where ACCP has worked and the support provided by ACCP projects. Finally, this report provides recommendations, based on ACCP experiences, for the provision of basic assistance at the national or local level to women with cervical cancer, within the context of a prevention-based intervention in low-resource settings.
Author: White SC; Winkler JL; ACCP Community Involvement Affinity Group
Publication date: 2004
Region: Global
- Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention Website
Launched in 2002, this website provides information on the Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention, of which PATH is a member.
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- The Case for Investing in Cervical Cancer Prevention
This document provides evidence on cervical cancer's burden of disease and the importance of women
Part of series: Cervical Cancer Prevention: Issues in Depth
Author: Sherris J; Castro W; Levin C; Dzuba I; Arossi S
Publication date: 2004
Region: Global
- Cervical Cancer Pevention in Western Province
This is one of a series of fact sheets that describe PATH's current and past work in Kenya. The fact sheets focus on specific projects as well as unique approaches that cut across projects. This fact sheet describes the work of the Western Kenya Cervical Cancer Prevention Project.
Publication date: June 2006
Region: Africa
- Cervical Cancer Prevention Initiatives at PATH: Two Decades of Progress Toward a World Free of HPV-Related Cancers
PATH’s key areas of work in cervical cancer prevention are described in depth in this 12-page publication.
Publication date: August 2008
Region: Global
- Cervical Cancer Prevention Small Grants Program
PATH's cervical cancer vaccine project is sponsoring a small grants program to broaden the evidence base for decision-making about cervical cancer prevention in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The program has been divided into four areas to best address high-priority questions: sociocultural research, health system assessment for vaccine delivery strategy design, evaluating HPV vaccine delivery strategies, and cervical cancer screening.
Publication date: December 2007
Region: Global
- Cervical Cancer Vaccine Project
This fact sheet provides a basic description of the PATH Cervical Cancer Vaccine Project designed to strengthen the capacity of developing countries in the prevention of cervical cancer.
- Cervical Cancer, Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV Vaccines: Key Points for Policy-Makers and Health Professionals
This booklet summarizes and updates the World Health Organization (WHO) document Human Papillomavirus and HPV Vaccine: Technical Information for Policy-Makers and Health Professionals and the WHO/UNFPA guidance note Preparing for the Introduction of HPV Vaccines—Policy and Programme Guidance for Countries. They are available in the STIs/RTIs section of the WHO website.
Publication date: 2007
Region: Global
- Conclusions From ACCP Clinical Research in Developing Countries
This ACCP Cervical Cancer Prevention Fact Sheet summarizes the major findings and conclusions from ACCP research on organized cervical cancer prevention programs, alternative screening methods, treatment methods for precancerous lesions, and cost-effectiveness of screen-and-treat programs.
- Current and Future HPV Vaccines: Promise and Challenges
This 72-page document offers an in-depth look at vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV), both currently available vaccines and those in development, including therapeutic vaccines. The document includes an examination of programmatic issues relevant to developing countries.
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- Developing Cervical Cancer Screening Programs that Meet Women's Needs
Publication date: 2003
Region: Global
- Directions in Global Health (Volume 1, Issue 3, September 2004)
The September 2004 issue of PATH's programmatic newsletter focuses on five projects: PATH's Children's Vaccine Program, which is strengthening immunization in Senegal, Cambodia, and India; evaluation of the SolarChill refrigerator, which is using solar power to fuel the cold chain; our cervical cancer work in Kenya and Peru, as part of the Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention; the Program for Advancement of Commercial Technology--Child and Reproductive Health (PACT-CRH), which is transferring health technologies to India's private sector; and results from three evaluations of clean home delivery kits used in Nepal and Tanzania.
Part of series: Directions in Global Health
Author: PATH
Publication date: September 2004
Region: Global
- Directions in Global Health (Volume 5, Issue 3, December 2008)
This issue of Directions in Global Health describes PATH's work to control and prevent diarrheal disease, reach out to young scouts in Kenya and Uganda with HIV/AIDS information, assess the impact of malaria control efforts in Zambia, conduct DHS surveys, and shape HPV vaccine introduction in Peru.
Part of series: Directions in Global Health
Author: PATH
Publication date: December 2008
Region: Global
- Directions in Global Health (Volume 6, Issue 1, May 2009)
This special issue of Directions in Global Health highlights PATH’s work to advance technologies to improve global health. Featured technologies include low-cost tests to screen for cervical cancer, a new vaccine to protect against meningitis in Africa, products to prevent diarrheal disease, and Ultra Rice food fortification technology. The issue also includes a summary of PATH’s approach to developing and introducing innovative health technologies.
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- Effectiveness, Safety and Acceptability of Cryotherapy: A Systematic Literature Review
The main objective of the review was to examine the available data on the effectiveness, safety, and acceptability of cryotherapy, and to communicate the evidence base to health professionals and policy makers in developing countries.
Part of series: Cervical Cancer Prevention: Issues in Depth
Author: Castro W; Gage J; Gaffikin L; Ferreccio C; Sellors J; Sherris J; Blumenthal P
Publication date: 2003
Region: Global
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- How Can We Prevent Cervical Cancer? A Guide for Community Facilitators
The community facilitator's guide, How Can We Prevent Cervical Cancer? was developed for use by community promotion teams as part of a cervical cancer prevention program in San Mart
Publication date: 2002
Region: Latin America
- HPV and Cervical Cancer: Unique Challenges and Opportunities for Disease Prevention
HPV and cervical cancer
- HPV DNA Testing: Technical and Programmatic Issues for Cervical Cancer Prevention in Low-resource Settings
- HPV Testing: Promise and Challenges
Publication date: 2003
Region: Global
- HPV Vaccine Adoption in Developing Countries: Cost and Financing Issues
Financing the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine and mobilizing resources to support new delivery mechanisms will constitute some of the most significant challenges to achieving widespread HPV vaccination in the developing world. Country decision-makers will need to weigh the value of HPV vaccines against other national health priorities, against other vaccines entering the market, and, for some countries, against expanding coverage of existing vaccines. With these cost and financing obstacles resolved, developing countries would be able to build robust programs to immunize adolescents and thus dramatically reduce the incidence of cervical cancer.
Publication date: December 2007
Region: Global
- HPVflash
HPVflash is an email news bulletin that disseminates useful cervical cancer prevention information, including updates on vaccines against the human papillomavirus, to interested persons worldwide. HPVflash emails are emailed only a few times a year.
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- Improving Screening Coverage Rates of Cervical Cancer Prevention Programs: A Focus on Communities
This paper describes the community focus taken by ACCP projects from 1999 to 2004 in eight countries: El Salvador, India, South Africa, Thailand, Ghana, Kenya, Peru, and Bolivia. We include an overview of the various community involvement strategies that were used to increase screening coverage, and we present lessons learned about how to meet women
Part of series: Cervical Cancer Prevention: Issues in Depth
Author: Coffey P; Arossi S; Bradley J; Dzuba I; White SC; ACCP Community Involvement Affinity Group
Publication date: 2004
Region: Global
- Innovation in Biochemical Cervical Cancer Screening
This fact sheet gives an update regarding the two START project biochemical tests being developed to advance cervical cancer screening.
- Innovations in Cervical Cancer Screening
This fact sheet summarizes the work being done by PATH to develop two new tests to detect infection with cancer-causing human papillomavirus. Designed by the private sector—in partnership with PATH—for use in low-resource settings, these molecular and biochemical screening tools are an innovative answer to the challenge of preventing cervical cancer in the developing world.
- Introducing HPV Vaccines in Developing Countries: Overcoming the Challenges
This fact sheet focuses on the challenges of introducing HPV vaccines into developing countries.
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- Key Steps for Meeting Women's Needs
This fact sheet describes issues relating to women's cultural, emotional, and practical needs pertaining to cervical cancer prevention.
Publication date: 2002
Region: Global
- Kill or Cure? Cervical Cancer
This short film shows how simple screening tests and community mobilization are saving lives across India. And how Costa Rican scientists - and young female volunteers - are helping us understand the exciting potential of a new HPV vaccine.
- Kill or Cure? The Real Lady Killer
This 25-minute film in the BBC World’s "Kill or Cure?" series uncovers the challenges of preventing and treating cervical cancer in Africa and highlights exciting new opportunities for dramatically reducing the toll of disease. The BBC crew follows Sarah Nyombi—Ugandan member of parliament, trained midwife, and women's health advocate—as she explores the landscape of cervical cancer.
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- Making Cervical Cancer Vaccines Widely Available in Developing Countries: Cost and Financing Issues
Financing the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine and mobilizing resources to support new delivery mechanisms will constitute some of the most significant challenges to achieving widespread HPV vaccination in the developing world. This brief summarizes the main findings of the longer research publication, HPV Vaccine Adoption in Developing Countries: Cost and Financing Issues.
Publication date: December 2007
Region: Global
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- Natural History of Cervical Cancer: Even Infrequent Screening of Older Women Saves Lives
Publication date: 2003
Region: Global
- New and Underused Reproductive Health Technologies
The Caucus on New and Underused Reproductive Health Technologies is a community of practice established under the auspices of the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition, for which PATH serves as Secretariat. Caucus members developed this series of peer-reviewed briefs on underused reproductive health technologies. Responsibility for the selection and contents of the briefs rests solely with the Caucus and does not imply endorsement of any single technology by the Coalition or its wider membership. For more information on the Caucus, please visit http://rhsupplies.org/index.php?id=894 or contact secretariat@rhsupplies.org.
Publication date: August 2009
Region: Global
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- Palliative Care for Women with Cervical Cancer: A Field Manual
This manual was developed for health care providers such as community nurses and medical doctors who care for women who are dying of advanced cervical cancer. It offers recommendations for providing supportive care for women with the disease and provides practical advice on managing physical signs and symptoms, using modern medications to relieve pain, promoting good nutrition, and addressing social, emotional, and spiritual issues.
Author: Herdman C; Levin K; Dzuba I; Castro W; Muhombe K; Sellors J
Publication date: 2003
Region: Global
- Palliative Care for Women With Cervical Cancer: A Kenya Field Manual
This field manual was developed for visiting nurses or health facility-based nurses and physicians in Kenya to use when caring for women with terminal cervical cancer. It focuses on understanding cervical cancer, relieving the physical problems associated with it, and addressing social, emotional, and spiritual issues faced by women with terminal disease and their families. It offers the reader simple, practical advice on the drugs and techniques that are effective in the management of the most common problems confronting women and their families.
- Palliative Care: Supporting Women With Advanced Cancer
Publication date: 2003
Region: Global
- Pap Smears: An Important But Imperfect Screening Method
Publication date: 2002
Region: Global
- The Pap Test: Evidence to Date
The ACCP has developed a set of presentation materials to help cervical cancer prevention advocates make presentations to policymakers, donors, clinicians, program managers, community health workers and others who may be interested or actively involved in cervical cancer prevention. The presentations are available on the ACCP web site in both PowerPoint and as PDF files.
Publication date: 2003
Region: Global
- PATH in India
This brochure describes PATH's country program in India.
Publication date: April 2009
Region: Asia
- Planning and Implementing Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control Programs: A Manual for Managers
This manual is designed to help health professionals develop a new cervical cancer prevention program or strengthen an existing program. The manual provides information on how to organize and implement a program, recognizing that various service delivery options are needed for different geographic and cultural settings and a range of resource levels. The manual offers practical information on how to develop a program; ensure availability and accessibility of services; build and maintain effective service delivery linkages; reach eligible women; train health professionals; monitor program performance; and improve linkages between prevetion, treatment, and palliative care services.
Publication date: 2004
Region: Global
- Planning Appropriate Cervical Cancer Prevention Programs (2nd ed)
- Preventing Cervical Cancer in Low-Resource Settings (Outlook, vol. 18, no. 1)
- Preventing Cervical Cancer Worldwide
This report highlights the major findings, lessons, and recommendations from the Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention
Publication date: 2004
Region: Global
- Preventing Cervical Cancer: Unprecedented Opportunities for Improving Women's Health (Outlook, vol. 23, no. 1)
This issue of Outlook provides the latest evidence-based information about cervical cancer prevention. It summarizes key issues related to transmission of human papillomavirus (HPV), new HPV vaccines, and strategies for introducing the vaccine in low-resource countries. This issue also identifies new methods for early detection and treatment of cervical cancer.
- Program Capacity Assessment Tool: Integrating Cervical Cancer Prevention into Reproductive Health Services
Publication date: 2001
Region: Global
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- Questions Frequently Asked by Women
Publication date: 2003
Region: Global
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- Rapid Tests for Cervical Cancer
Part of the Technology Updates series, this fact sheet describes PATH's work to develop rapid tests for cervical cancer.
- Researching New Prevention Approaches for Cervical Cancer: Methodological Guidelines
The ACCP has developed a set of presentation materials to help cervical cancer prevention advocates make presentations to policymakers, donors, clinicians, program managers, community health workers and others who may be interested or actively involved in cervical cancer prevention. The presentations are available on the ACCP web site in both PowerPoint and as PDF files.
Publication date: 2004
Region: Global
- RHO Cervical Cancer Website
RHO Cervical Cancer is an online resource for health program managers and decision-makers seeking to prevent cervical cancer in low-resource settings. The site contains information about human papillomavirus and cervical cancer, cervical cancer screening and treatment, and the role of vaccination in cervical cancer prevention.
- Risk Factors for Cervical Cancer: Evidence to Date
Part of the ACCP's series of fact sheets, this document reviews available evidene on risk factors for cervical cancer.
Publication date: 2004
Region: Global
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- Shaping a Strategy to Introduce HPV Vaccines in India
This document presents formative research results from PATH's HPV Vaccines: Evidence for Impact project in India. PATH is working with ministries of health and other country partners to develop strategies for introducing vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV), the primary cause of cervical cancer.
Publication date: March 2009
Region: Asia
- Shaping a Strategy to Introduce HPV Vaccines in Peru
This document presents new research results from PATH's HPV Vaccines: Evidence for Impact project in Peru. PATH is working with ministries of health and other country partners to develop strategies for introducing vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV), the primary cause of cervical cancer.
Publication date: March 2009
Region: Latin America
- Shaping a Strategy to Introduce HPV Vaccines in Uganda
This document presents new research results from PATH's HPV Vaccines: Evidence for Impact project in Uganda. PATH is working with ministries of health and other country partners to develop strategies for introducing vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV), the primary cause of cervical cancer.
Publication date: March 2009
Region: Africa
- Shaping a Strategy to Introduce HPV Vaccines in Vietnam
This document presents formative research results from PATH's HPV Vaccines: Evidence for Impact project in Vietnam. PATH is working with ministries of health and other country partners to develop strategies for introducing vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV), the primary cause of cervical cancer.
Publication date: March 2009
Region: Asia
- Status Report on Human Papillomavirus Vaccines
Status report on HPV vaccines
- Summary of Proceeedings: Consultative Forum on Cervical Cancer Prevention in Low-resource Settings
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- Treating Precancerous Cervical Lesions
Publication date: 2003
Region: Global
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- Vaccine Resource Library
PATH’s Vaccine Resource Library (VRL) seeks to gather the world’s best immunization resources in a single, easy-to-use website. The VRL offers a wide variety of high-quality, scientifically accurate documents and links on specific diseases and topics in immunization. It is geared for health professionals in the developing and industrialized worlds, as well as for journalists, policymakers, community leaders, parents, and others interested in vaccine-related resources. The resources found on the VRL are collected from a variety of sources, including news media, scientific journals, and leaders in public health.
- Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA): Evidence to Date
The ACCP has developed a set of presentation materials to help cervical cancer prevention advocates make presentations to policymakers, donors, clinicians, program managers, community health workers and others who may be interested or actively involved in cervical cancer prevention. The presentations are available on the ACCP web site in both PowerPoint and as PDF files.
Publication date: 2003
Region: Global
- Visual inspection with Lugol
The ACCP has developed a set of presentation materials to help cervical cancer prevention advocates make presentations to policymakers, donors, clinicians, program managers, community health workers and others who may be interested or actively involved in cervical cancer prevention. The presentations are available on the ACCP web site in both PowerPoint and as PDF files.
Publication date: 2003
Region: Global
- Visual Screening Approaches: Promising Alternative Screening Strategies
Publication date: 2002
Region: Global
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- Western Kenya Cervical Cancer Prevention Project (WKCCPP) Final Report December 2004
The WKCCPP Project, implemented from 2000 to 2004, was a collaborative effort to develop and evalulate a model cervical cancer prevention program suitable for rural, low-resource settings in Africa. During the life of the project nearly 2,400 women were screened using visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA), visual screening using Lugol's iodine (VILI), and a combination of both screening tests, followed by cryotherapy. WKCCPP clearly demonstrated that cervical cancer prevention services based on these tests can be established and sustained in rural Kenya with relatively modest start-up requirements and support. With commitment at national and local levels, an affordable and effective cervical cancer prevention service could be phased in over the next five to ten years, and thousands of women's lives could be spared.
- Women's Frequently Asked Questions About Cervical Cancer Screening: Helping Health Care Providers Anticipate and Answer Common Questions
Publication date: 2003
Region: Global
- Women's Stories, Women's Lives: Experiences with Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment
Women's Stories, Women's Lives: Experiences with Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment is a collection of stories based on interviews with women who participated in the Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention (ACCP) screening and (when applicable) treatment programs. These women's stories illustrate the unnecessary suffering cervical cancer can cause women and their families and how prevention programs can save women's lives.