Thailand’s concerned private and public sectors are accelerating their efforts to help women avoid cervical cancer, or at least avoid its worst consequences.
The moves include the introduction of HPV DNA Self-Sampling Test kits, an alternative screening tool that allows women to perform a HPV test by themselves – increasing access to an essential preventative tool, reducing women’s anxiety, and accelerating the elimination of the cancer nationwide.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health equity is determined by the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, play and age, and is achieved when everyone – regardless of those determinants – can attain their full potential for health and well-being. To eliminate cervical cancer, all countries must…
