Improving Outcomes in HPV- and HIV-Related Cervical Cancer




cervical cancer

Scientific evidence has shown links among HIV, human papillomavirus (HPV), and cervical cancer.1 Subsequently, UNAIDS and the World Health Organization have called for leveraging the synergies between these conditions to improve patient outcomes by developing integrated approaches that address HIV, child and adolescent health, sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender equality, and cancer and primary healthcare services to address the interrelated factors that increase the risk for each of these conditions.1 The hope is that widespread use of such strategies can help prevent unnecessary deaths from cervical cancer and bring an end to the AIDS epidemic by 2030.

 

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