HPV Vaccination in Kosovo

The HPV vaccine can prevent up to 90% of cancers caused by the HPV virus. Learn from Dr. Flora, a public health specialist in Kosovo, on why she vaccinated her children.

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Vaccination campaign in Serbia aims to eliminate cervical cancer

“It takes time for cancer patients to realise what they're really up against," said Violeta Ivković. Thirty years ago, Ms. Ivković, from Belgrade, Serbia, was a working mother with three small children, when she was diagnosed with early stage cervical cancer. ”I went to the gynaecologist every six months,” said Ms. Ivković. “Fortunately, the cancer was discovered in time. I had therapy, a radical hysterectomy, then radiation treatment.”

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Event Recap: 3rd Annual Forum of the Regional Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention

The 3rd Annual Forum of the Regional Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, held in Tbilisi on 28-29 September 2023 and co-hosted by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) united key stakeholders, including the private sector, to discuss challenges and solutions to addressing cervical cancer as a public health issue.

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Private sector collaboration takes centre stage at regional cervical cancer prevention alliance forum in Tbilisi

The Annual Forum of the Regional Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, held in Tbilisi on 28-29 September 2023 and co-hosted by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) succeeded in uniting key stakeholders, including the private sector, to discuss challenges and solutions to addressing cervical cancer as a public health issue.

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Regional Cervical Cancer Prevention Alliance Forum opens in Tbilisi with calls for greater progress in ending region’s second most deadly women’s cancer

TBILISI, 28 September 2023 – Greater efforts are needed to end cervical cancer in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, participants said today in Tbilisi at the opening of the 3rd Forum Meeting of the Regional Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention hosted by UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, and the Government of Georgia. Cervical cancer is the second most deadly cancer among women of reproductive age in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Although the disease is largely preventable, 32,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer every year, and 16,000 die. Cervical cancer takes a high emotional, social, and financial toll on women, their families, and national health systems.

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