Set up of HPV reference centre and establishment of HPV research network within the African.

HPV is the main, almost unique cause of cervix carcinoma in adult women. Unfortunately, currently, many African countries lack comprehensive data on the circulating HPV types and Africa may harbor a variety of unexplored circulating HPV types which are uniquely distributed in various cancers and benign lesions.This NSS initiative will establish a HPV research network between several VLIR partners of whom some are already conducting HPV and/or cervix carcinoma research with own VLIR-UOS funding.

Keywords:HPV, CERVICAL CANCER, AFRICA

Disciplines:Morphological sciences, Oncology, Public health care, Public health sciences, Public health services

Project type:Collaboration project