Cervical Cancer Prevention Action Planner | Country Action Planner

PATH's Cervical Cancer Prevention Action Planner

Determine whether cervical cancer control is a priority in your country

Add to plan	Assess cervical cancer disease burden in the country and assess potential impact of the interventions
	Contact local cancer registries and talk with experts.
	Review World Health Organization country reports.
	Read the literature.
Add to plan	Assess the potential impact of additional services
	Determine what additional services are priorities for adolescents and for adult women.
	Identify potential allies interested in those interventions.
Add to plan	Explore partnerships to increase impact
	Seek to align your activities with the national cancer control strategy and with other groups.
	Meet with key interested parties (ministry of health, groups working on cancer, reproductive health, adolescent health, etc.).
Add to plan	Analyze the decision-making process
	Discuss with key informants: How are health resources allocated? How to move the cervical cancer agenda forward? Will decentralization affect decision-making or service provision?
Add to plan	Assess policies for adolescent vaccination and adult screening
	Do they exist? Are they outdated?
Add to plan	Assess political support for interventions
	Discuss benefits/challenges with key decision-makers.
	What is the public perception of disease risk?
	Conduct focus group discussions with NGOs and others.
	Consider potential cultural issues.
	Consider equity/Millennium Development Goal issues.