Cervical cancer prevention and the Millennium Development Goals

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 488-490

  Wittet, Scott ^a   Tsu, Vivien ^a  

^a PATH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; WART VIRUS VACCINE;

CANCER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; DNA; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VACCINATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; UNITED NATIONS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WORLD HEALTH;

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS;

EID: 44949092550     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.07.050450     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Ferlay J, Bray F, Pisani P, Parkin DM. International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). GLOBOCAN 2002: Cancer Incidence, Mortality and Prevalence Worldwide. CancerBase No. 5, version 2.0. Lyon, France: IARC Press; 2004.
2. Yang BH, Bray FI, Parkin DM, Sellors JW, Zhang ZF. Cervical cancer as a priority for prevention in different world regions: an evaluation using years of life lost. Int J Cancer 2004;109:418-24. PMID:14961581 doi:10.1002/ijc.11719
3. Rural women and food security. Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; 1999.
4. Botswana situation analysis on orphans and vulnerable children. Francistown, Botswana: United Nations Children's Fund, Ministry of Local Government Botswana; 2003.
5. Chang S, Long SR, Kutikova L, Bowman L, Finley D, Crown WH, et al. Estimating the cost of cancer: results on the basis of claims data analyses for cancer patients diagnosed with seven types of cancer during 1999 to 2000. J Clin Oncol 2004;22:3524-30. PMID:15337801 doi:10.1200/JCO.2004.10.170
6. Castilaw D, Wittet S. Preventing cervical cancer: unprecedented opportunities for improving women's health. Outlook. 2007;23(1). Available from: www.rho.org/files/PATH_outlook23_1_web.pdf [accessed on 8 May 2008].