Major collaboration aims to eliminate cervical cancer in the Western Pacific
Share A landmark $8.1 million investment from the Minderoo Foundation will support researchers from The Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney to co-lead a new cervical cancer elimination program in the Western Pacific. The initiative is co-led by the Cancer Council NSW, the Kirby Institute, VCS Foundation, and Family Planning NSW on behalf of the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Cervical Cancer Control (C4), in close collaboration with in-country partners and stakeholders. The Western Pacific has among the highest rates of cervical cancer in the world, and there are an estimated 1200 deaths in...