Clinton Health Access Initiative
The Clinton Health Access Initiative in collaboration with Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health and Child Care is making preventative care for cervical cancer more accessible for women in Zimbabwe and Zambia, with a focus on underserved rural areas. While cervical cancer is almost entirely preventable, Zimbabwe and Zambia are among the top five countries in the world with high incidence of cervical cancer. Women with HIV are five times more likely to develop cervical cancer, and cervical cancer is the leading cause of death for these women in Zimbabwe.
Clinton Health Access Initiative is helping to address the barriers that prevent women from accessing cervical cancer screening and treatment, by reducing the cost and the burden on women travelling distances of up to 50km to reach these services. This includes providing screening test kits which allow for self-collection at the community level, rolling out devices using new technologies that treat pre-cancerous cervical lesions, and developing an inexpensive artificial intelligence-based tool to assist healthcare professionals with screening. Our partnership now expands this vital work into Zambia, to support additional HPV vaccinations and screen more women across both countries, while strengthening healthcare systems for lasting impact.
Our partnership is expanding access to these vital prevention services and increasing the accuracy of testing with the goal of reducing the burden of disease and allowing future generations of women to live free from cervical cancer. If you would like to learn more, please visit their website.
