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Mortality impact of achieving WHO cervical cancer elimination targets

Mortality impact of achieving WHO cervical cancer elimination targets
Mortality impact of achieving WHO cervical cancer elimination targets

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13

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The Lancet

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Mortality impact of achieving WHO cervical cancer elimination targets

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09 December 2020

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WHO is developing a global strategy towards eliminating cervical cancer as a public health problem, which proposes an elimination threshold of four cases per 100,000 women and includes 2030 triple-intervention coverage targets for scale-up of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination to 90%, twice-lifetime cervical screening to 70%, and treatment of pre-invasive lesions and invasive cancer to 90%. We assessed the impact of achieving the 90–70–90 triple- intervention targets on cervical cancer mortality and deaths averted over the next century. This study assessed the potential for the elimination initiative to support target 3.4 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—a one-third reduction in premature mortality from non-communicable diseases by 2030.