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Bridging the Gaps in HPV Cancer Prevention

ireland has access to excellent population-based cervical screening and HPV vaccination programmes

ireland has access to excellent population-based cervical screening and HPV vaccination programmes

Bridging the Gaps in HPV Cancer Prevention

Cervical cancer is a largely preventable disease but worldwide it remains one of the most common cancers and causes of cancer-related death in women. In 2020, the World Health Organization launched the global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem.1 Elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem will be reached by achieving fewer than four new cases per 100,000 women in every country. To achieve this goal, three targets have been clearly identified to accelerate elimination and achieve this goal.

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