Comments on: Cervical Cancer Vaccine Trial Project Starts (?) in Uganda http://www.blisstree.com/articles/cervical-cancer-vaccine-trial-project-starts-in-uganda-57/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:37:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Gloria http://www.blisstree.com/articles/cervical-cancer-vaccine-trial-project-starts-in-uganda-57/comment-page-1/#comment-44559 Gloria Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:14:22 +0000 http://www.cancercommentary.com/2008/02/06/cervical-cancer-vaccine-trial-project-starts-in-uganda/#comment-44559 thanks Scott for the clarification. i really appreciate that. :-D thanks Scott for the clarification. i really appreciate that. :-D

]]> By: jasper Bakyayita http://www.blisstree.com/articles/cervical-cancer-vaccine-trial-project-starts-in-uganda-57/comment-page-1/#comment-44593 jasper Bakyayita Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:53:28 +0000 http://www.cancercommentary.com/2008/02/06/cervical-cancer-vaccine-trial-project-starts-in-uganda/#comment-44593 We are glad for this opportunity in Uganda.My mother lost one of the breasts to cancer.She got radio and chemotherapy for years.She was okay and able to regain her energy.Afew years ago she was diagonised with cervical cancer,then she had battled the drugs effects in her body.It a long story. We are glad for this opportunity in Uganda.My mother lost one of the breasts to cancer.She got radio and chemotherapy for years.She was okay and able to regain her energy.Afew years ago she was diagonised with cervical cancer,then she had battled the drugs effects in her body.It a long story.

]]> By: Scott Wittet http://www.blisstree.com/articles/cervical-cancer-vaccine-trial-project-starts-in-uganda-57/comment-page-1/#comment-44817 Scott Wittet Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:16:51 +0000 http://www.cancercommentary.com/2008/02/06/cervical-cancer-vaccine-trial-project-starts-in-uganda/#comment-44817 Thank you, Gloria, for your interest in PATH’s cervical cancer vaccine project in Uganda. You are correct to say that cervical cancer is a terrible problem globally, and especially in Africa. I would like to make a small clarification: PATH is not seeking to develop a cervical cancer vaccine—we are working with vaccines already on the market. Our projects in Uganda and other countries seek to investigate how best to reach girls with HPV vaccine—girls who do not normally receive health services except in case of emergency. For example, we will test whether it will be effective to reach them in schools; and we also will look into how to reach girls no longer going to school. The vaccine we use will have been licensed by Ugandan regulatory authorities. It is the same vaccine now being used in the Europe and other parts of the world and it will be available in the private market in Uganda by the time our vaccination project begins later this year. Like you, we look forward to the day when every girl in Uganda, in Africa, and in the world, can be protected against cervical cancer—not only those whose families can afford to visit a private physician. And we hope that before long older women will have increased access to life-saving cervical cancer screening as well. Thanks again for your interest in this important and timely issue. Your readers can learn more about the PATH project by downloading this short article: http://www.rho.org/files/PATH_CC_vaccine_project_fact_sheet_update_Dec_07.pdf. Scott Wittet PATH Cervical Cancer Prevention Programs Thank you, Gloria, for your interest in PATH’s cervical cancer vaccine project in Uganda. You are correct to say that cervical cancer is a terrible problem globally, and especially in Africa.

I would like to make a small clarification: PATH is not seeking to develop a cervical cancer vaccine—we are working with vaccines already on the market. Our projects in Uganda and other countries seek to investigate how best to reach girls with HPV vaccine—girls who do not normally receive health services except in case of emergency. For example, we will test whether it will be effective to reach them in schools; and we also will look into how to reach girls no longer going to school.

The vaccine we use will have been licensed by Ugandan regulatory authorities. It is the same vaccine now being used in the Europe and other parts of the world and it will be available in the private market in Uganda by the time our vaccination project begins later this year.

Like you, we look forward to the day when every girl in Uganda, in Africa, and in the world, can be protected against cervical cancer—not only those whose families can afford to visit a private physician. And we hope that before long older women will have increased access to life-saving cervical cancer screening as well.

Thanks again for your interest in this important and timely issue.

Your readers can learn more about the PATH project by downloading this short article: http://www.rho.org/files/PATH_CC_vaccine_project_fact_sheet_update_Dec_07.pdf.

Scott Wittet
PATH Cervical Cancer Prevention Programs

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