ACS participates in global effort to eliminate cervical cancer

Cervical Cancer Action for Elimination network is part of World Health Organization effort

Did you know that, globally, a woman dies of cervical cancer every 2 minutes? Despite being preventable and curable if it is treated early, this disease continues to kill thousands of women every year and devastate families in the world’s most marginalized populations.

The American Cancer Society’s commitment to eliminate cervical cancer both domestically and globally recently reached another milestone with the adoption of a formal new WHO Global Strategy Towards Eliminating Cervical Cancer as a Public Health Problem. 

In collaboration with the Cancer Research UK (CRUK) and the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), ACS is co-leading the global “civil-society” response to support implementation of the new strategy through the Cervical Cancer Action for Elimination (CCAE) network. (In this instance, “civil society” refers to a wide array of organizations such as community groups, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), charitable and faith-based organizations, professional associations, foundations, etc.)

CCAE is a network of organizations working together to accelerate global progress towards a world free from cervical cancer. CCAE builds connections and synergies between organizations advocating for cervical cancer elimination regionally and globally. It provides a forum for sharing information, resources, and best practices, as well as highlighting the work of civil society and its shared messaging around the world.

In acknowledgement of the WHO Global Strategy Towards Eliminating Cervical Cancer as a Public Health Problem, CCAE has relaunched its website (cervicalcanceraction.org) to amplify civil society voices globally for governments to take action towards reaching the 90-70-90 target by 2030; increase HPV vaccination to 90%, twice-lifetime cervical screening to 70%, and treatment of pre-invasive lesions and invasive cancer to 90%. 

In the coming months, the CCAE website will feature a range of tools and resources for organizations and individuals focused on increasing HPV vaccination, screening and treatment of precancerous lesions, and treatment and palliative care for invasive cancers. 

Visit the CCAE website to learn more about this global civil-society response that ACS is leading, or to sign up for the newsletter. If you would like to learn beyond what is on the website or contribute to these efforts, please email ccae@cancer.org.

*Shared from MySocietySource.