From potential to practice: how accelerating access to HPV tests and screen and treat programmes can help eliminate cervical cancer
| Title: | From potential to practice: how accelerating access to HPV tests and screen and treat programmes can help eliminate cervical cancer |
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| Authors: | William Cherniak, Nikki Tyler, Kriti Arora, Ilana Lapidos-Salaiz, Emma Sczudlo, Amy Lin, Matthew Barnhart, John Flanigan, Shannon Silkensen |
| Source: | Family Medicine and Community Health, Vol 7, Iss 4 (2019) |
| Publisher Information: | BMJ Publishing Group, 2019. |
| Publication Year: | 2019 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine (General) |
| Subject Terms: | Medicine (General), R5-920 |
| More Details: | Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaigns to prevent cervical cancer are being considered and implemented in countries around the world. While vaccination will protect future generations, it will not help the millions of women currently infected, leading to an estimated 311 000 deaths per year globally. This paper examines a selection of strategies that when applied to both existing and new technologies, could accelerate access to HPV testing. Authors from the US Agency for International Development, the National Institutes of Health, and the Bridge to Health Medical and Dental, a non-governmental organisation, joined forces to propose a scalable and country-directed solution for preventing cervical cancer using an end-to-end approach. Collectively, the authors offer seven evidence-based strategies, that when used alone or in combination have the ability to reduce HPV-caused cervical cancer deaths and disability. These strategies include (1) consistent HPV test intervals to decrease HPV DNA test costs; (2) exploring market shaping opportunities; (3) employing iterative user research methodologies like human-centred design; (4) target product profiles for new HPV tests; (5) encouraging innovation around cervical cancer screen and treat programmes; (6) developing national cancer control plans; and (7) integrating cervical cancer screen and treat services into existing infrastructure. By using the strategies outlined here, in combination with HPV vaccination campaigns, national governments will be able to scale and expand cervical cancer screening programmes and provide evidence-based treatment programmes for HPV-infected women. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2305-6983 2009-8774 |
| Relation: | https://fmch.bmj.com/content/7/4/e000182.full; https://doaj.org/toc/2305-6983; https://doaj.org/toc/2009-8774 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/fmch-2019-000182 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/7c673ddb71b9464693b6ff5b391b1daa |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.7c673ddb71b9464693b6ff5b391b1daa |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 23056983 20098774 |
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| DOI: | 10.1136/fmch-2019-000182 |
| Published in: | Family Medicine and Community Health |
| Language: | English |