scholarly journals Cervical cancer control in Latin America: A call to action

Cancer ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 122 (4) ◽  
pp. 502-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brittany L. Bychkovsky ◽  
Mayra E. Ferreyra ◽  
Kathrin Strasser-Weippl ◽  
Christina I. Herold ◽  
Gilberto de Lima Lopes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Cancer Control ◽  
Call To Action

scholarly journals Building a Network of Health Professionals for Breast and Cervical Cancer Control in the Andean Region

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Diana Mendoza-Cervantes ◽  
Isabel Otero ◽  
Jo Anne Zujewski ◽  
Jorge Ferrandiz Salazar ◽  
Gabriela López Córdova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Cancer Control ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Andean Region ◽  
Double Burden ◽  
Control Plan ◽  
Breast And Cervical Cancer

Purpose Cancer mortality is approximately twice as high in Latin American countries than in more developed countries. In particular, the countries of the high Andean region of Latin America carry a double burden of breast and cervical cancers. In these countries, there are disproportionately higher mortality to incidence ratios compared with other regions in Latin America. The US National Cancer Institute’s Center for Global Health, the Pan American Health Organization, and the Ministry of Health in Peru collaborated to design and execute an education and advocacy workshop in Lima, Peru. The workshop was convened to discuss regional challenges and practices, as well as to support the implementation of Plan Esperanza, Peru’s national cancer control plan. Methods Workshop participants included local and international experts to present the state of the science, health practitioners, and advocacy groups to discuss unique barriers that women in the region experience. Results Inequalities in access to and distribution of medical expertise, lack of continuity of cancer control plans, and the need for sustained public buy-in emerged as obstacles. Conclusion The workshop provided a forum to discuss key issues regarding breast and cervical cancer control among health professionals and advocates in Peru and the region. This article outlines the resulting recommendations.

Zambia Cervical Cancer Control Program resource mapping – leveraging support to achieve the 90-70-90 elimination target

2021 ◽  
pp. 100281
Author(s):  
Dorothy Lombe ◽  
Susan Msadabwe ◽  
Mbaita Maka ◽  
Memory Samboko ◽  
Prudence Haimbe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Control ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Resource Mapping ◽  
Program Resource ◽  
Cancer Control Program

Research priorities in multiple sclerosis in Latin America: a multi-stakeholder call to action to improve patients care

2021 ◽  
pp. 103038
Author(s):  
Juan I. Rojas ◽  
Edgar Carnero Contentti ◽  
Patricio Abad ◽  
Adriana Aguayo ◽  
Ricardo Alonso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Multi Stakeholder

scholarly journals Old and New Issues in Cervical Cancer Control

1999 ◽  
Vol 91 (3) ◽  
pp. 200-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. W. Critchlow ◽  
N. B. Kiviat
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Control

Programs of the Cancer Control Program—U. S. Public Health Service

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 527-528
Author(s):  
Charles J. A. Schulte
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Public Health Service ◽  
Environmental Control ◽  
Cancer Control ◽  
Control Program ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Public ◽  
Cancer Control Program

ON JANUARY 1, 1967, the Cancer Control Program will become part of the National Center for Chronic Disease Control within the Public Health Service's new Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control. Our primary mission is to stimulate and encourage the application of currently available techniques of cancer prevention, cancer detection, and cancer control to the community at the grass roots level. If this will be the case after the reorganization remains to be seen. Figure 1 shows the new organization of the Public Health Service. By way of illustration, I think it would be well to briefly outline a few of our activities. An area of heavy emphasis has been the use of the Papanicolaou smears for cervical cancer control. These programs have been responsible for developing certified cytotechnology training schools, supporting and training large numbers of cytotechnicians. In addition, we are supporting some 90 hospital-based cervical cancer screening projects across the country. A program to encourage the general practitioner to screen his private patients in the office is jointly sponsored by the American Academy of General Practice and the Cancer Control Program. The very grave problem in the United States of smoking and carcinoma of the lung is the major responsibility of tile National Clearinghouse for Smoking and Health, a part of the Division of Chronic Diseases which developed out of the Cancer Control Program. We are engaged in a number of developmental projects, such as the flexible fiber optic proctosigmoidoscope. We hope to be able to produce a proctosigmoidoscope that will reach the splenic flexure.

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