Mexican cervical cancer rates down 5% for third year running
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Mexico has recorded a 5% reduction in cervical cancer rates in each of the last three years, putting it on track to cut the number of deaths from 4,100 in 2006, to 3,200 in 2012. So said health minister José �ngel C�rdova Villalobos, during an official visit to the state of Tabasco this week. He used the figures to highlight the "fundamental need" for women to come forward for screening, so as to help "eradicate the disease".