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People stand in queues at a registration center at a hospital on a hot summer day in Ballia District in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, June 21, 2023.

Easing the Cervical Cancer Disease Burden In India

by Sneha Khedkar

A potential solution to the country’s cervical cancer problem

Gender
Women wearing protective face masks and colorful red and white saris stand in front of a purple wall and a color mural as they watch a dress rehearsal for the Republic Day parade, in New Delhi, India, on January 23, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

HPV Vaccination and the Quest to Solve India's Cervical Cancer Problem

by Anoushka Arora, Parth Sharma

Misinformation, stigma, and health disparities have stalled HPV vaccination

An elderly woman receives a dose of Sinopharm vaccine at her home from the Sri Lanka Army mobile vaccination unit against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Colombo, Sri Lanka, September 14, 2021
Governance

The Dangers of Confusing Vaccine Hesitancy with Vaccine Access

by Kyle Knight, Harris Solomon

Framing "the vaccine hesitant" as a category of people is a critical error

People sit in a chemotherapy ward while undergoing treatment for cancer at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana on April 24, 2012. Most of Africa's 2,000 languages have no word for cancer. Picture shows two people in comfortable chairs from the chest down. at least one of them has an IV in her arm, presumably an infusion of chemo meds. REUTERS/Olivier Asselin
Poverty

Tackling Cancer Through Universal Health Coverage

by Sally G. Cowal, Christian Sellars

Turning the tide through prevention, treatment, and other cancer control interventions depends on strong health systems

Women sit as they prepare for screenings during the breast cancer prevention campaign in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on October 12, 2019. Image shows a row of several women wearing colorful clothes. REUTERS/Luc Gnago
Aging

The Growing Cancer Threat in Africa

by Thomas J. Bollyky

Cancer mortality is increasing in sub-Saharan Africa, where the needed health care infrastructure is still lacking