Cervical cancer elimination and digital technology

In this opinion piece, on the anniversary of the 10-year WHO Cervical Cancer Elimination Initiative, Sofiat Akinola (Roche; Rotkreuz, Switzerland) discusses the different strategies countries are adopting to support this initiative, and how technology will enable better resource allocation, diagnosis accuracy and disease management. Sofiat explains that there is a remarkable potential for digital and AI technologies to accelerate cervical cancer elimination and reduce healthcare disparities in low- and middle-income countries, ultimately empowering global efforts towards the elimination of this disease. Back in 2015 and 2016, as I was wrapping up my Master's program at the University of Oxford (UK),...