Global Leaders Unite at UNGA to Accelerate Cervical Cancer Elimination: A Call for G7 Action on HPV Prevention

October 8, 2024 admin

The G20&G7HDP together with the support of our partner organizations MSD and BD hosted a high-level roundtable “Accelerating the Elimination of Cervical Cancer as a Public Health Problem – Achieving Consensus on Policy Actions for the G7 Health” on the sidelines of the 79th Un General Assembly (UNGA). The roundtable served as an opportunity for leaders from G7 and G20+ countries to share best practices and align on the need to put political commitment behind the policy and technical progress being made.

The roundtable brought together representatives from G7 and G20+ countries such as Italy, the USA, Germany, Japan, Indonesia, Australia, Norway, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, together with international organizations such as WHO, European Investment Banks, and the International Atomic Energy Agency. By listening to participants’ reflections on implementing HPV-related cancer elimination plans, we identified key areas of focus and a concrete ask for G7 countries to advance HPV prevention for both women and men, starting with the elimination of cervical cancer.

We collated the key point discussed and recommendations for the G7 health ministers ahead of the Health Ministerial in October in the enclosed CTA with the request to “include a clear reference to preventing HPV-related cancers for both women and men within the 2024 G7 Ministers of Health Communique, starting with the elimination of cervical cancer in alignment with the WHO 90-70-90 strategy.”

To find out more, read the Pdf version here.