Preventing cervical cancer in low-resource settings: from research to practice. Conference report Bangkok Thailand 4-7 December 2005.

Cervical cancer remains a major public health problem. Approximately 500000 women develop cervical cancer annually and almost half will die. More than 80% of new cases of cervical cancer occur in developing countries. From 4 to 7 December 2005 the JHPIEGO/Cervical Cancer Prevention (CECAP) Program held a conference in Bangkok Thailand to review the evidence for approaches to preventing cervical cancer and explore strategies for scaling up interventions in the field. The overall goal of the conference was to move evidence-based interventions for preventing cervical cancer into common practice. The objectives of the conference were to: Review the evidence supporting strategies for preventing cervical cancer in low-resource settings. (excerpt)