Published in September 2000, PATH's most recent issue of Outlook provides updated information on preventing cervical cancer in low-resource settings. Areas of focus include:

• Scope of the Problem

• Basic Principles of Cervical Cancer Control

• Screening

• Treatment

• Client-Provider Issues

• Monitoring and Evaluation

• Program and Policy Implications

• References

• Additional Resources

The writers for this issue were Jacqueline Sherris, Ph.D., and Cristina Herdman. Production assistance was provided by Barbara Stout and Kristin Dahlquist. The following individuals reviewed this issue: Dr. P. Blumenthal, Dr. F. Donnay, Dr. L. Edouard, Dr. M. Islam, Dr. Y. Sidhom, and Dr. T. Wright. Outlook appreciates their comments and suggestions.

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In 1999, with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, five international agencies launched a major new effort to prevent cervical cancer worldwide. This group of organizations, the Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention, is working to clarify, promote, and implement strategies for preventing cervical cancer in developing countries. The Alliance consists of five partner organizations, brought together by their capabilities and experience in global cervical cancer prevention: AVSC International, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the JHPIEGO Corporation, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health). For more information about the Alliance, visit their website at http://www.alliance-cxca.org, or contact PATH, the coordinating agency.

ISSN:0737-3732 Outlook is published by PATH in English and French, and is available in Chinese, Indonesian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. Outlook features news on reproductive health products and drug regulatory decisions of interest to developing country readers. This issue of Outlook was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through the Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention. Content or opinions expressed in Outlook are not necessarily those of Outlook’s funders, individual members of the Outlook Advisory Board, or PATH. PATH is a nonprofit, international organization dedicated to improving health, especially the health of women and children. Outlook is sent at no cost to readers in developing countries; subscriptions to interested individuals in developed countries are US$40 per year. Please make checks payable to PATH.  Jacqueline Sherris, Ph.D., Editor  Michele Burns, M.A., Assistant Editor PATH  4 Nickerson Street Seattle, Washington 98109-1699 U.S.A. Phone: 206-285-3500  Fax: 206-285-6619 Email: outlook@path.org  URL: www.path.org/outlook/ © PATH (PROGRAM FOR APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTH), 2000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

ADVISORY BOARD • Giuseppe Benagiano, M.D., Director General, Italian National Institute of Health, Italy • Gabriel Bialy, Ph.D., Special Assistant, Contraceptive Development, National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, U.S.A. • Willard Cates, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., President, Family Health International, U.S.A. • Lawrence Corey, M.D., Professor, Laboratory Medicine, Medicine, and Microbiology and Head, Virology Division, University of Washington, U.S.A. • Horacio Croxatto, M.D., President, Chilean Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Chile • Judith A.Fortney, Ph.D., Corporate Director for Scientific Affairs, Family Health International, U.S.A. • John Guillebaud, M.A., FRCSE, MRCOG, Medical Director, Margaret Pyke Centre for Study and Training in Family Planning, U.K. • Atiqur Rahman Khan, M.D., Consultant, Partners in Population and Development, Bangladesh • Louis Lasagna, M.D., Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, U.S.A. • Roberto Rivera, M.D., Corporate Director for International Medical Affairs, Family Health International, U.S.A. • Pramilla Senanayake, MBBS, DTPH, Ph.D., Assistant Secretary General, IPPF, U.K. • Melvin R. Sikov, Ph.D., Senior Staff Scientist, Developmental Toxicology, Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs, U.S.A. • Irving Sivin, M.A., Senior Scientist, The Population Council, U.S.A. • Richard Soderstrom, M.D., Clinical Professor OB/GYN, University of Washington, U.S.A. • Martin P. Vessey, M.D., FRCP, FFCM, FRCGP, Professor, Department of Public Health & Primary Care, University of Oxford, U.K.