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#WorldImmunizationWeek
Viral hepatitis causes more than 1 million deaths per year, including deaths from liver #cancer .
Many #hepatitis infections and deaths can be prevented with vaccines that are safe, available, and effective.
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There were 660,000+🆕cases of #CervicalCancer in 2022.
#HPV causes almost all cases of #CxCa , as well as many cases of other HPV-associated cancers, e.g., oropharyngeal #cancer & anal cancers.
#Vaccination can prevent HPV infection.
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Today, IARC and WHO African Region are launching the CanScreen5 Training the Trainers Learning Programme for Francophone African Countries, with 29 programme managers from 15 countries.
More on the initiative here: canscreen5.iarc.fr
and here: iarc.who.int/news-events/la…
Since 1974, the Expanded Programme on #Immunization (EPI) has worked tirelessly to ensure every child, no matter where they're from, has access to life-saving vaccines.
Here's to 5 decades of saving lives worldwide!
#VaccinesWork
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.Hilary Robbins (@IARCWHO): “If we care about cancer mortality as the gold standard, if we are trying to reduce the frequency with which people die from cancer, it’s really difficult to use these studies to say something about that.'
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There were more than 660,000 new cases of #CervicalCancer & almost 350,000 deaths due to #CxCa in 2022. Most of these cases & deaths occurred in LMICs.
Cervical cancer can be prevented through vaccination.
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One dose of #HPV #vaccine provides long lasting protection against #CervicalCancer , equivalent to two doses.
This enables countries to protect more people from #cancer with the same number of doses iarc.who.int/news-events/wo…
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To eliminate #cervicalcancer , the WHO Global strategy sets 3 targets:
90% of girls vaccinated with the HPV vaccine by age 15
70% of women screened with a high-quality test by ages 35 and 45
90% of women with cervical disease receiving treatment.
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One dose of #HPV #vaccine protects against #CervicalCancer as well as two doses.
Countries around the world are adopting single-dose vaccine schedules to accelerate the elimination of cervical #cancer iarc.who.int/news-events/wo…
Exciting news! 🎉 Our Director is giving a keynote at the Fundação Oncocentro de São Paulo's 50th anniversary ceremony today. FOSP, part of São Paulo's Health Secretariat, leads cancer screening and prevention efforts. Dr Weiderpass will share insights on IARC's #CancerPrevention
Breast cancer early detection: about 50 nurses & midwives from the main polyclinics in Misrata, Libya, have been trained on the risk factors, signs, and symptoms of #breastcancer by IARC & the National Cancer Institute of Misrata iarc.who.int/news-events/br…
IARC & World Health Organization (WHO) mark #WorldImmunizationWeek celebrating 50 yrs of the Expanded Programme on #Immunization & the lives saved from #vaccine -preventable diseases
Infections like #HPV & #hepaptitis can cause #cancer
Vaccines can protect us against these infections iarc.who.int/news-events/wo…