Reproductive Health Matters - November 2008

• Reproductive cancers: high burden of disease, low level of priority - Marge Berer
• Cervical cancer: the route from signs and symptoms to treatment in South Africa - Susarie Louise van Schalkwyk, Johanna Elizabeth Maree, Susanna Catharina Dreyer Wright
• Prevention of cervical cancer - Lynette Denny
• Achieving effective cervical screening coverage in South Africa through human resources and health systems development - Mary Kawonga, Sharon Fonn
• Cervical cancer: the sub-Saharan African perspective - Rose I Anorlu
• Social inequality in Pap smear coverage: identifying under-users of cervical cancer screening in Argentina - Silvina Arrossi, Silvina Ramos, Melisa Paolino, Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan
• A Pan American Health Organization strategy for cervical cancer prevention and control in Latin America and the Caribbean - Silvana Luciani, Jon Kim Andrus
• Cervical cancer screening using visual inspection with acetic acid: operational experiences from Ghana and Thailand - Harshad Sanghvi, Khunying Kobchitt Limpaphayom, Marya Plotkin, Elaine Charurat, Amy Kleine, Enriquito Lu, Wachara Eamratsameekool, Buncha Palanuwong
• Development of a visual inspection programme for cervical cancer prevention in Bangladesh - Tahera Ahmed, Ashrafunnessa, Jebunnessa Rahman
• Benefits, cost requirements and cost-effectiveness of the HPV16,18 vaccine for cervical cancer prevention in developing countries: policy implications - Sue J Goldie, Meredith O'Shea, Mireia Diaz, Sun-Young Kim
• Human papillomavirus vaccination in the United Kingdom: what about boys? - Tamara Kubba
• Making the case for cervical cancer prevention: what about equity? - Vivien D Tsu, Carol E Levin
• Breast cancer in Mexico: a pressing priority - Felicia Marie Knaul, Gustavo Nigenda, Rafael Lozano, Hector Arreola-Ornelas, Ana Langer, Julio Frenk
• Breast cancer in India and a voluntary organisation in Andhra Pradesh - Vani Prabhakar, J Ratna Prabhakar
• The intruder - Geeta Rao Gupta
• Experiences of joy and fear - Jacqueline Pitanguy