University of Eduardo Mondlane and USAID work to combat cervical cancer

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University of Eduardo Mondlane and USAID work to combat cervical cancer

9:10 CAT | 20 Feb 2019

File photo: Folha de Maputo

Mozambique’s oldest institution of higher education, the Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM,) is to team up with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to evaluate new technologies and approaches for screening and treating cervical cancer.

UEM will work with the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Maputo to integrate existing screening and treatment regimens with family planning programmes. It will also test the feasibility and efficacy of innovative diagnostic tests for the human papillomavirus (HPV) which can lead to cervical cancer.

To facilitate the research, USAID is entering into a partnership with the US National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, and will dedicate 12 million US dollars to support the expansion of efforts to prevent cervical cancer in Mozambique and Malawi through integrated programmes to improve women’s health.

According to USAID, “cervical cancer has become one of the largest killers of women in the developing world; 283,000 women die of the disease each year in low and middle-income nations. Malawi and Mozambique have the highest and second-highest cervical cancer in the world, respectively”.

Source: AIM