Cervical cancer and HPV
In response to the concerns about young and middle-aged women dying from symptoms of cervical cancer, we began our Women’s Project in 2011. Since that time, our program has progressed through the years with education, vaccinations, examinations, and testing with different clinical treatments. View our Cervical Cancer and HPV project >
In 2022, we joined in data collection with researcher Valerie Paz Soldan PhD in Lima, Peru and Tulane University to collect HPV specimens on women age 30-49 in the rural jungle villages. Over a period of 5 weeks, more than 120 HPV specimens were collected, and treatment with thermo-ablation was offered to women at the local health post in Mangua by Dr. Daniel Lenin. Follow-up on women who tested positive will continue into 2023. The Minister of Health in Peru has committed to purchasing needed equipment and training of health staff in order to bring testing and treatment to more women. Both boys and girls are now eligible for HPV vaccinations.
