1、Status Report:Cervical Cancer Elimination in the APEC RegionHealth Working GroupMarch 2023Status Report:Cervical Cancer Elimination in the APEC Region Measuring Progress Towards the APEC Roadmap to Promote Sustainable Economic Advancement for Women Through Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control 2021

2、-2025 2 Introduction and Table of Contents Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women worldwide,with an estimated 600,000 new cervical cancer cases and more than 340,000 estimated deaths in 2020 alone.However,cervical cancer presents an opportunity for prevention,screening,early de

3、tection,and treatment.By implementing interventions across the prevention and control continuum,APEC economies can reduce the disease burden and enable women to lead healthy and productive lives.Nevertheless,despite the compelling case for investing in strategies for cervical cancer prevention and c

4、ontrol,there remains insufficient investment,particularly in preventive measures.In 2016,the APEC Health Working Group(HWG)and Life Sciences Innovation Forum(LSIF)introduced a multi-year roadmap to scale efforts to build technical capacity and support policies that improve primary and secondary prev

5、ention,treatment,and palliative care,with the ultimate goal of cervical cancer elimination.In August 2021,APEC member economies endorsed an updated APEC Roadmap to Promote Sustainable Economic Advancement for Women through Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control(Roadmap)through 2025.The updated roadm

6、ap aligns with the WHOs Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer as a Public Health Problem,which launched in November 2020 with targets set for 2030.Introduction Introduction to the Dashboard 2 Methodology 3 Regional Progress Towards the APEC Roadmap Meeting WHO Targets for