Recently added articles from Reproductive Health Matters:
Reproductive cancers: high burden of disease, low level of priority.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
Nov 01, 2008; ... IT has taken this journal 16 years to focus on reproductive cancers, and there is no excuse for that. There are many others in the field who have equally inexcusably neglected this important health issue for many years in developing countries, where morbidity and mortality are high and ...
Cervical cancer: the route from signs and symptoms to treatment in South Africa.(Clinical report)
Nov 01, 2008; ... Abstract: In South Africa, in 2005-06, 100% of primary health care clinics in South Africa had health professionals trained to conduct Pap smears, yet the screening rate was only 1.3% and one in 26 women develop cervical cancer during their lifetime. Many women admitted to oncology wards ...
Prevention of cervical cancer.(Clinical report)
Nov 01, 2008; ... Abstract: This article reviews the burden of cervical cancer in South Africa and shows that it remains the most common cancer among South African women, particularly women with least access to cervical cancer screening. It explains the rationale behind the South African cervical cancer ...
Achieving effective cervical screening coverage in South Africa through human resources and health systems development.(Clinical report)
Nov 01, 2008; ... Abstract: South Africa's cervical screening policy recommends three free Pap smears at ten-year intervals for all women over 30 years of age, aiming to achieve 70% coverage by 2010 by targeting the age group most at risk of developing pre-cancerous cervical lesions. Attaining wide coverage ...
Cervical cancer: the sub-Saharan African perspective.(Clinical report)
Nov 01, 2008; ... Abstract: Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women worldwide and the leading cause of cancer deaths in developing countries. While incidence and mortality rates of cervical cancer have fallen significantly in developed countries, 83% of all new cases that occur annually ...
Social inequality in Pap smear coverage: identifying under-users of cervical cancer screening in Argentina.(Survey)(Clinical report)
Nov 01, 2008; ... Abstract: In Argentina, the unequal distribution of the burden of cervical cancer is striking: the mortality rate of the province of Jujuy (15/100,000) is almost four times higher than that of the city of Buenos Aires (4/100,000). We aimed to establish the socio-demographic profile of ...
A Pan American Health Organization strategy for cervical cancer prevention and control in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Nov 01, 2008; ... Abstract: Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in Latin America and the Caribbean, and disproportionately affects poorer women. Mortality rates in the region are seven times greater than in North America. In light of the significant public health burden, the ...
Cervical cancer screening using visual inspection with acetic acid: operational experiences from Ghana and Thailand.(Clinical report)
Nov 01, 2008; ... Abstract: Thailand in 2000 and Ghana in 2001 initiated cervical cancer prevention programmes using a single-visit approach with visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) with cryotherapy for pre-cancerous lesions. This service was integrated into existing reproductive health services, ...
Development of a visual inspection programme for cervical cancer prevention in Bangladesh.(Clinical report)
Nov 01, 2008; ... Abstract: Cervical cancer is the most common reproductive cancer in women in Bangladesh, and most women come for diagnosis and treatment when it is too late. To support early detection of pre-cancerous conditions and prevent cervical cancer, Bangladesh undertook a screening programme using ...
Benefits, cost requirements and cost-effectiveness of the HPV16, 18 vaccine for cervical cancer prevention in developing countries: policy implications.(Clinical report)
Nov 01, 2008; ... Abstract: Approximately 70% of eases of cervical cancer worldwide are caused by genotypes 16 and 18 of human papillomavirus (HPV), which is sexually transmitted. With the availability of an effective vaccine against these HPV types, there is real hope for reducing the global burden of ...
Human papillomavirus vaccination in the United Kingdom: what about boys?(Clinical report)
Nov 01, 2008; ... Abstract: In September 2008 the UK Department of Health initiated a human papillomavirus (HPV) immunisation programme for girls aged 12-13 for prevention of cervical cancer, which is most often caused by two HPV types. An important question, yet to be addressed, is whether boys should also ...
Making the case for cervical cancer prevention: what about equity?(Report)
Nov 01, 2008; ... Abstract: Cervical cancer is a major cause of suffering and premature death among women in the developing world, yet it is largely prevented in most higher-income countries. From ah equity perspective, cervical cancer is unequally distributed globally in ways that are unnecessary, ...
Breast cancer in Mexico: a pressing priority.(Report)
Nov 01, 2008; ... Abstract: Breast cancer is a serious threat to the health of women globally, and an unrecognised priority in middle-income countries. This paper presents data from Mexico. It shows that breast cancer accounts for more deaths than cervical cancer since 2006. It is the second cause of death ...
Breast cancer in India and a voluntary organisation in Andhra Pradesh.(LETTER)(Letter to the editor)(Clinical report)
Nov 01, 2008; ... ACCORDING to a study by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, there will be approximately 250,000 new cases of breast cancer in India by 2015. At present, India reports around 100,000 new cases annually. (1) Breast cancer will become an epidemic in India in another 10 years, if ...
The intruder.(breast cancer)
Nov 01, 2008; ... EVERY decade of my adult life has been marked by at least one traumatic event related to my reproductive system. In my 20s I had surgery several times to remove benign fibro-adenomas in my breasts, a consequence of being on the birth control pill, I was told. In my 30s it was the second ...
Experiences of joy and fear.(cancer)
Nov 01, 2008; ... LIFE hit me with its full colours and sounds when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. And the feeling of being alive was so acute, as if it was an entity in itself, like when you are short of breath and breathing becomes a conscious experience. In June 2005 I had a mammogram as ...
I am a woman who lives with breast cancer.(Essay)
Nov 01, 2008; ... I am a woman, and I am a woman who lives with breast cancer, and I am a woman who lives with breast cancer in Mexico. * Being a woman defines much of what I am experiencing, as well as my approach to treatment and the choices I have made. Living the disease in Mexico has allowed me to ...
So far so good.(breast cancer survivor)(Essay)
Nov 01, 2008; ... BECAUSE sexual and reproductive health problems are near-universal experiences, it has always been clear to me that I could expect to go through many of the problems that my work is about. I've used half a dozen brands and types of the contraceptive pill, high- and low-dose, combined and ...
"Losing my chestnut": one gay man's wrangle with prostate cancer.(Essay)
Nov 01, 2008; ... I am a sexuality activist, researcher and theorist, with 35 years of experience working, thinking, writing and debating in sexuality and gender politics, and 25 years of working in HIV/AIDS. I can talk about sex under water! For me, like everyone else the first time--losing my cherry--was ...
Couple-centred testing and counselling for HIV serodiscordant heterosexual couples in sub-Saharan Africa.(Report)
Nov 01, 2008; ... Abstract: In Africa, a large proportion of HIV infections occur within stable relationships, either because of prior infection of one of the partners or because of infidelity. In five African countries at least two-thirds of couples with at least one HIV-positive partner were HIV ...