Same-day HPV test and heat treatment of precancer by nurses in low-income settings
Where women cannot return for results, test for HPV and treat any precancer the same day with a battery-powered heat probe. This is the fastest route to WHO's cervical elimination target.
WHO recommends HPV DNA testing as the primary screen and thermal ablation for screen-positive women in screen-and-treat settings. Propose nurse-led same-day programmes with point-of-care HPV testing, thermal ablation, and digital tracking, financed through Gavi and Global Fund mechanisms.
- Prevention we already have is not deployed · Around four in ten cancers are preventable with tools we already own: vaccines, tobacco control, weight, alcohol, sun and infection control.
- Most of the world has almost no cancer care · Seven in ten cancer deaths happen in low- and middle-income countries, where radiotherapy, pathology, surgery and drugs are scarce.
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