Health
Cervical cancer: Australia on track to eliminate the illness – The Australian Financial Review
After making faster than expected progress, Australia is aiming to eliminate cervical cancer by 2028. Worldwide, the target is to achieve that aim by the turn of…
Looking back, Canfell sees five distinct steps that put Australia ahead of the world.
The first was screening. The cervix is the entrance to the uterus and screening for unusual precancerous cervical cells has been available since the 60s.
By 1990 Australia had a strategy called the organised approach, says Professor Marion Saville, a pathologist and executive director of the VCS Foundation.
It was led by a dedicated team that concentrated on three things: promoting screening to all eligible women,…
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