GAVI Watch [to 22 March 2014]
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:: Norway raises the alarm on “silent killer” cervical cancer

Oslo seminar highlights critical role of human papillomavirus vaccine in fighting cervical cancer in developing countries
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Oslo, 17 March 2014 – GAVI Alliance Deputy CEO Helen Evans joined a chorus of senior Norwegian politicians this week to help raise the alarm on the “silent killer” of women and girls in poor countries – cervical cancer.

Addressing the disease’s deadly burden at a seminar organised by the Norwegian Cancer Society and hosted by the conservative party, Ms Evans explained that the GAVI Alliance helps developing countries fund the introduction of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, protecting women and girls against the leading cause of cervical cancer.

“Cervical cancer is preventable – we have the technology,” said Ms Evans in her statement. More than a quarter of a million women die every year from cervical cancer, the overwhelming majority of them in developing countries.

“Cervical cancer is a silent killer as it touches women in the world’s poorest countries,” said Anne Lise Ryel, Secretary General of the Norwegian Cancer Society, “I don’t want it to be silent anymore.”…