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Cervical Cancer Elimination series - Your roadmap to 2030 | UICC

Date and time
08 June
Location

Virtual event - online
1202 Geneva
Switzerland

Organiser(s):
Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
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This virtual dialogue continues the Jhpiego-UICC series on cervical cancer elimination and explore the stepwise scale up of screening and treatment services that is needed to achieve national coverage and the vision of equitable access to prevention and early detection services.
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