It's the latest in an extraordinary suite of Australian breakthroughs that could completely eliminate cervical cancer in as little as five years. 9News
From next month, Australia will become the first country in the world to universally offer self-collection kits to women for cervical cancer screening.
Self-collection kits - which she describes as "a swab which they reach into the vagina themselves - it doesn't need to reach the cervix" - will be a key driver. The National Association of Testing Authorities , which is responsible for accrediting testing, has played a critical role in keeping Australia at the forefront of accurate and reliable detection of HPV and cervical cancer with emerging technologies.
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