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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 />
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