Posts filed under: HPV ARTICLES

Stronger Together Joint Statement

  JOINT STATEMENT FROM LEADING PATIENT ADVOCACY GROUPS URGING COUNTRIES TO IMPROVE PARTICIPATION FOR CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING December 2023 In July 2023 leading patient advocacy groups from across the globe came together at the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) in Geneva to discuss both the opportunities to improve and the challenges to cervical cancer...... Read More

Cervical Cancer Cases Surge in Canada: Urgent Call to Action During Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

COMMUNICATED – Recent data has revealed a distressing surge in cervical cancer incidence, with a nearly 4% annual increase since 2015, marking the most substantial uptick in almost four decades. As January marks Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, HPV Global Action continues its commitment to combating this concerning trend and working towards the elimination of cervical...... Read More

The HPV Vaccine: A parent’s cancer prevention tool.

Natasha Lam Patient Advocate and Cancer Survivor The HPV Vaccine: A parent’s cancer prevention tool.  My husband and I were getting ready to celebrate our first Christmas in 2019 with our miracle child, Sierra Rose. On Friday December 13 that year, I was told that I had cervical cancer at stage 2B. My world crumbled...... Read More