Global trends and future projections of cervical cancer burden: an integrated analysis of GBD 2021, UN population and WHO HPV vaccination data
While ASRs show improvement, the growing absolute burden and profound geographic inequities highlight an urgent public health challenge. Accelerating the scale-up of HPV vaccination, screening, and other preventive measures, with a strategic focus on LMICs, is critical to achieving the WHO elimination targets for cervical cancer.
Authors
- Hui Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1156-9046)
- Dongxuan Shao
- Zhijie Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8866-2292)
- Ping Wu
Institutions
- Tongji University (CN)
- Shanghai Eighth People Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2026-01-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1702186
- Primary Topic
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00