HPV Testing: A Catalyst For Women’s Empowerment
Dr. Allan Pamba, Executive Vice President of Roche Diagnostics
An old proverb in the Congo, saying that “Mother is like a kernel, crushed by problems, but strong to overcome them”Essence Throughout Africa, the main caregiver of the mother, the sister-mainland-is expected to be strong. Indeed, their toughness is glue that integrates our family and economy. However, women in Africa are more likely to be affected by many diseases and health of life compared with women in other regions.1,2
These diseases include cervical cancer (caused by HPV -human papilloma virus), which is still the main reason for the death of women’s death in southern Sahara -although it can be prevented. January, mark Cervical Cancer Awareness MonthEvery year appear-every year, we will approach WHO (World Health Organization) 2030 “90-70-90” Cervical cancer eliminate targetsEssence
In other words, 90 % of girls vaccinated vaccines with HPV vaccines. 70 % of women conducted high -performance tests at the age of 35 and again at the age of 45. And 90 % of women who are treated with cervical diseases (90 % of invasive cancer treatment women). We still have a long way to go.2
Economic cases of HPV screening investment
With less than five years left for the 90-70-90, we are in the competition. In order to adopt emergency actions for African women’s health, let us consider that we do not exist in the vacuum. The cycle of causality begins with the smallest angle of our community and has been upgraded to the most important factor affecting our economy.
When the main caregiver of the family or supporting the family becomes the casualties of cervical cancer, the entire family system will collapse. According to estimates, every 100 mothers who died in cervical or breast cancer in a poor environment, 14 children died before their 10th birthday, while 210 children became mothers orphans.3
As a young doctor, he served in the rural community of the motherland in Kenya. I observed the cycle with my own eyes. The children left with malaria, tuberculosis, pneumonia, and even malnutrition have intensified, because their mother is not there to take care of them. In addition to this good and the terrible tragedy of diligent people, this also continues the effect of Domino cards to the local economy.
In Africa, women are estimated to account for 50 % of the labor force of the agricultural sector, 50 % of all small and medium -sized enterprises (based on IFC data), and support families (African Development BankTo. In our society, the precious members of their children and their families are in danger. These are potential and valuable contributors of our society and economy. Logically, in order to allow Africa to give full play to its all economic potential, we must give priority to the health of women.4
Ending cycle
There are currently two test methods; the traditional method is Cervical sliceMany women will be familiar with. In addition to its low sensitivity and sensitivity that requires more frequently, this method also makes many women feel embarrassing or fragile during the sample collection process. However, the second choice enables women to avoid insults of Parker coating. This relatively new innovation is the HPV-DNA test using the self-collected kit-Many healthcare providers can be obtained now. 6,7
according to WhoIt turns out that self -collection is as reliable as samples collected by medical care providers. The most important benefit of self -collection is that once you choose a self -collection kit from your recent medical institution, you can collect samples in your house privacy. Leaf knife Other participating laboratories provide a list of local positions for available kits.
At present, the lack of opportunities to obtain national HPV screening, vaccination, testing and treatment plans, and lack of education, social and economic inequality, prevent women from holding their cervical health in their own hands, so that many people are in danger. We can change this.9
Partnership provides motivation for progress
Government and policy makers around the world are increasingly committed to preferential consideration. The person who passed in 2022 strengthened this commitment Solution to improve diagnosis ability A member of the World Health Conference.
The resolution prompted government interests to promote fair diagnosis access permissions and ultimately promote general medical care for everyone. However, in order to achieve the WHO goal, we need to work collectively-our community, private sector, medical care practitioners, and any other person who can spend time on HPV for the necessary dialogue.
Cervical cancer will not only affect individuals, but also affect the entire community. In low -income and middle -income countries, the financial burden of later treatment has seriously fell on family and national medical care systems. For many people, advanced therapies such as chemotherapy are usually expensive and usually cannot be achieved, which will cause families to fall into poverty.
In contrast, the early diagnosis of HPV tested reduced these financial pressure. It reduces the cost of treatment, reduces the pressure on the health care system, and enables women to continue to provide positive contributions to their families and economy.
When women are booming, the same is true of their supported communities. The early test of HPV is an open “secret weapon”-our route map to 90-70-90.
refer to:
- Women’s health
- Who invests in case series-cervical cancer
- Singh d, etc. Global estimates the incidence and mortality of cervical cancer in 2020
- African Development Bank
- Scientific direct
- Whose factual manual
- Family planning test information
- Ncbi -cervical cancer
- NCBI Cervical Cancer Research
- NCBI -SSA Studies
