Description
The Prevention and Screening Innovation Project Toward Elimination of Cervical Cancer (PRESCRIP-TEC) is a three-year project (February 2021 – January 2024) that focuses its research on increasing the adoption of cervical cancer screening in different regions of Bangladesh, India, Uganda and Slovakia.
PRESCRIP-TEC leads to effective and innovative cervical cancer screening, including direct treatment and follow-up for women in resource-poor or hard-to-reach settings in these four countries, improving availability, accessibility, acceptability and, quality of services.
Latest activities
One year of the Cervical Cancer Elimination movement. What is PRESCRIP-TEC doing?
12th November 2021 This Wednesday 17 th November 2021, we will mark the first anniversary of the first time the world has committed to eliminating a specific type of cancer: Cervical Cancer. One year ago countries and communities...
Training on Cervical Cancer Screening for Paramedics and Doctors
3rd November 2021 Last October our partner FRIENDSHIP conducted a six-day training programme on cervical cancer screening for paramedics and doctors at the National Center for Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening and Training at...
PRESCRIP-TEC Nominated for Computable Awards 2021 in the Care Project Category
PRESCRIP-TEC Nominated for Computable Awards 2021 in the Care Project Category 10th October 2021 Cervical cancer is a leading cause of death among women in resource-poor or hard-to-reach settings in the world, especially sub...
Towards elimination of cervical cancer
6th September 2021 Last June, Dr. Jaap Koot, coordinator of PRESCRIP-TEC, talked about cervical cancer at the International Student Congress of (bio)Medical Sciences (ISCOMS), one of the World’s leading student congresses in...
How Trnava, Slovakia and the whole World are committed to eliminating cervical cancer
1st June 2021 In 2018, an estimated 570.000 new cases of cervical cancer were diagnosed worldwide, moving the disease to fourth place in the ranking of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in women. The world has decided to take...
New initiative launched to fight cervical cancer through prevention and early diagnosis
1st May 2021 A new European research initiative to fight against cervical cancer has been launched on February 1 st 2021. The Prevention and Screening Innovation Project Toward Elimination of Cervical Cancer (PRESCRIP-TEC) is a 3...
The world glows teal for cervical cancer elimination
The world glows teal for cervical cancer elimination 1st April 2021 Cancer of the cervix of the uterus is preventable and curable. Yet it is the fourth most common form of cancer among women. In 2018, around 570.000 women were...