Cervical cancer deaths in young women plummet

Currently, one woman dies every two minutes from this disease, which is caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). Cervical cancer is preventable. The global strategy has three pillars: getting ...
In order to one day eliminate cervical cancer, the World Health Organization has set out a global strategy: 90 percent of girls to be vaccinated by the age of 15; 70 percent of women screened by the ...