Few diseases reflect global inequities as much as cervical cancer. Globally, 346,000 women die from the disease each year – one every minute and a half. In 2022, nearly 94% of the deaths occurred in low- and middle-income countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) has set a goal to help all low-income countries achieve its triple-intervention targets by 2030:

•  fully vaccinate 90% of girls against human papillomavirus (HPV), the principal cause of cervical cancer, by age 15
•  screen 70% of women twice by age 45
• treat 90% of the women with cervical cancer