Cervical Cancer Elimination Day of Action 2024: celebrating front-line workers and transforming global commitments into life-saving actions

The Cervical Cancer Elimination Day of Action on 17 November 2024 marks the fourth year of a global movement to eliminate cervical cancer. This occasion celebrates the progress made since the launch of the World Health Organization (WHO) global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem, on this day in 2020, when 194 countries united in a historic resolution to eliminate a cancer for the first time.

On this global day of action, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) recognizes the precious contributions of front-line health workers, who provide life-saving services critical to eliminating cervical cancer.

Working with partners worldwide, IARC supports the delivery of essential services, such as education on vaccines, screening, and treatment, while strengthening the capacity of front-line health workers through training in techniques such as human papillomavirus (HPV) testing, colposcopy, and thermal ablation.

View a video about mobile cervical cancer screening clinics in Pune, India 

View videos about IARC’s cancer prevention work in India 

View a video about the Atlas of Colposcopy: Principles and Practice

View photos of mobile cervical cancer screening in Pune, India