Check out our recent paper on barriers to cervical cancer screening in Guatemala! rdcu.be/b2nRW Alvaro Rivera Christian Alvarez

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Dr. Anna Gottschlich at the American Society of Preventive Oncology (ASPO) 46th Annual Meeting in Arizona presenting data from the HPV FOCAL Study. Cytology-based screening at 2 year intervals missed over 8 times as many precancers as HPV-based screening at 4 year intervals! #ASPO2022 #EndCervicalCancer

📣 New International Journal of Cancer Publication alert 📣 #HPVResearch publication describing the experiences with thermal ablation in the ASPIRE trial! ow.ly/p64t50LQusG Anna Gottschlich Gina Ogilvie MD DrPH Laurie W Smith Women's Health Research Institute Beth Payne @SheonaMitchell Dr Nono Simelela #endcervicalcancer

#WorldCancerDay | 📌Virtual issue onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.100… 90% of women in this study experienced pain during #thermalablation, however, nearly all women treated would recommend the treatment to others 🔓FREE until 28.02! ➡️doi.org/10.1002/ijc.34… Union for International #CancerControl, Anna Gottschlich

The ASPIRE-Mayuge trial in rural Uganda showed that implementation of door-to-door #HPV screening led to better attendance of follow-up treatment services but required more personnel when compared to community health days Anna Gottschlich nature.com/articles/s4159…

📣 Nature Medicine Publication alert 📣 New #HPVResearch on Self-collected HPV-based cervix screening in a low-resource rural setting: ASPIRE! rdcu.be/c9yN5 Anna Gottschlich Gina Ogilvie MD DrPH Beth Payne Laurie W Smith Women's Health Research Institute Global HPV Control #endcervicalcancer

.University of Michigan School of Public Health and Global HPV Control are in Guatemala to meet with partners to find ways to reduce the burden of #CervicalCancer in country. Instancia and the Ministry of Health are scaling-up the use of the careHPV test in low-resource settings. They've already recruited 72,000 women.

We're grateful to the CDC Central America Regional Office in Guatemala for meeting with us to discuss ways to address #HPV, chronic #malnutrition, and other pressing #publichealth issues in Guatemala.

Very interesting meeting learning about regional priorities for #publichealth and #HPV in Central America. Thanks for including us CDC University of Michigan School of Public Health Women's Health Research Institute x.com/umichsphglobal…

#taskshifting in Guatemala PATH using nurses trained in thermo-coagulation, biopsies & colposcopy for treating cervical pre-cancer UMGlobalPublicHealth Women's Health Research Institute Gina Ogilvie MD DrPH Rafa Meza Anna Gottschlich

Thank you INCAN for hosting us with UMGlobalPublicHealth today - it is the only #cancer referral hospital in Guatemala, 60% of patients are #women, most with #cervicalcancer Women's Health Research Institute UBC's School of Population and Public Health

Empty beds and low occupancy for in-patient #cervicalcancer care in Guatemala. 1/3 of women referred never begin treatment, and 1/3 never finish treatment due to #poverty and #inequities Women's Health Research Institute UMGlobalPublicHealth UBC's School of Population and Public Health

.University of Michigan School of Public Health faculty and students had the opportunity to present their #cancer and #nutrition work to Instituto de Nutrición de Centro América y Panamá so that we can explore avenues of collaboration between the two institutions. Rafa Meza Laura Rozek Anna Gottschlich U. Michigan español

Thank you, Instituto de Nutrición de Centro América y Panamá, for hosting us and sharing with us the important work you do. We look forward to working with you in the future to help improve food and nutrition security in Guatemala and Central America. University of Michigan School of Public Health U. Michigan español Global HPV Control

Anna Gottschlich with the rockstar team of #CHW in Santiago Atitlan #cervicalcancer prevention champions UMGlobalPublicHealth Rafa Meza Women's Health Research Institute Gina Ogilvie MD DrPH

Global HPV Control Anna Gottschlich UMGlobalPublicHealth Rafa Meza Women's Health Research Institute Community health workers - the foundation of women's health!! @UBCmedicine UBC's School of Population and Public Health

Amilar Matos-Moreno, a University of Michigan School of Public Health student from Puerto Rico, set up a donation box this fall and raised over $5,000 for Hurricane Maria relief efforts. Amilar visited Puerto Rico over Thanksgiving break to lend a hand in his island's recovery. Read more at: myumi.ch/Lqd10