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Malawi<br />

Priorities • Screening.<br />

• Management of treatment.<br />

• Referral.<br />

• HPV vaccine.<br />

• Palliative care.<br />

Activities<br />

SHORT TERM<br />

• Form a technical working group.<br />

• Sensitize policymakers and politicians.<br />

• Strengthen screening sites.<br />

• Revitalize training.<br />

MEDIUM TERM<br />

• Develop IEC materials.<br />

• Improve data management.<br />

• Intensify monitoring and evaluation activities.<br />

LONG TERM<br />

• Introduce palliative care services.<br />

• Develop a cancer policy that includes cervical cancer prevention services.<br />

• Introduce HPV vaccines through GAVI (or donor).<br />

• Establish a cancer center.<br />

• Train clinicians and doctors.<br />

• Establish histopathology.<br />

Technical support • Implementing HPV vaccination.<br />

• Establishing a cancer center.<br />

• Training clinicians and histopathologists.<br />

Challenges • Lack of cancer policy.<br />

• Inadequate human resources.<br />

• Inadequate funding.<br />

• Lack of histopathology laboratory.<br />

• Inadequate equipment.<br />

Report of an African Regional Meeting on Cervical Cancer: September 2010 87

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