Dr Tedros applauded countries that have adopted innovative ways to increase access to technologies and services that can stop cervical cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the past year, the HPV vaccine was introduced in seven countries - Cameroon, Cape Verde, El Salvador, Mauritania, Qatar, Sao Tome and Principe, and Tuvalu – bringing the total to 115.
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一些国家对卫生保健工作者进行了利用新式便携设备对癌前病变进行热消融治疗方面的培训。
Some countries trained healthcare workers with newer, portable devices to thermally ablate precancers.
This option can reduce stigma for women, provides access to those living far from health facilities, and helps congested health centres maintain safe services while respecting COVID-19 safety measures.
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自我采集的样本同样可以在各国为支持COVID-19聚合酶链反应检测而投资的实验室平台上进行检测。
The self-collected sample can be run on the same laboratory platforms that countries have been investing in to support PCR testing for COVID-19.