A recent report on cervical cancer in the region of the Americas published by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) urges countries to implement innovations in cervical cancer prevention, testing, and treatment to achieve the elimination goals by 2030.
The Latin America and the Caribbean region accounts for 80% of all cases in the Americas and 84% of deaths, making it the region with the second-highest rates of cervical cancer cases and deaths in the world, after Africa.
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As the dengue virus continues to be a grade 3 global health concern in over 100 countries in 2024, an international research team led by Duke-NUS Medical School has identified a critical link between the body's initial immune response, its defense against reinfections and secondary infections, which become risk factors for developing severe disease.
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