There were over 600,000 new cases of cervical cancer and over 340,000 deaths worldwide in 2020, according to an observational study published in The Lancet Global Health journal. Although cervical cancer has decreased in many world regions over the past three decades?-;notably in Latin America, Asia, western Europe and North America-;the burden remains high in many low- and middle-income countries. The development of effective HPV vaccination and screening programs have made cervical cancer a largely preventable disease. In 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced a target to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem, aiming...