The results reported illuminate the additional resources and expenditures required under the 2017—2021 Plan and helps inform government planners and programme managers as to its feasibility and affordability.
African Region (AFR)
This current costing exercise assists in the implementation of the National Response to Cervical Cancer 2020—2024 in Tanzania and supports the development of new plans for the cervical cancer elimination effort
Zambia is already a regional leader in scaling up cervical cancer control in all three pillars of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. With an expanded national response planned for 2019—2023, the Zambian government continues to show strong commitment and leadership amongst countries in the cervical cancer elimination effort.
The strategic plan is anchored in six interlinked pillars: governance, service access, human resources, medicine availability, information systems, and partnership. Each pillar outlines practical, measurable actions to scale up palliative care across all levels of the health system, from national referral hospitals to community-level services. It also emphasizes local production of essential medications, robust training programs, and enhanced collaboration with communities, academia, and development partners
This strategic plan aims to create public awareness and educate heath workers on HPC, galvanise a focused support for action on development/implementation of a good quality HPC service in Nigeria, provide guidelines on identification of patients with HPC needs/standards and quality of care HPC givers are expected to provide for patients and institutionalize HPC at all levels of the Nigerian health system towards achieving a universal health coverage/access to HPC for all Nigerians.
This clinical practice guideline offers evidence-informed, context-specific recommendations for the use of EBRT and BT in cervical cancer management in Uganda. It aims to harmonise the role of RT within multidisciplinary care pathways.
The Malawi National Reproductive Health Service Delivery Guidelines provide the most current, up-to-date knowledge and direction on the various components of reproductive health, including cervical cancer