🌍 World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day 💙Cervical cancer is preventable, yet it still claims more than 300,000 lives every year. Together, we can change that. The World Health Organization has set a global goal: to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem.Here’s how we can all play a part:

Vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most effective tools for preventing cervical cancer in women and other HPV-associated diseases in people of all genders. Yet many people worldwide remain reluctant to take the vaccine. 

Global evidence highlights social roots of HPV vaccine hesitancyDecisions about the HPV vaccine among adolescents and their families are influenced by a web of social, cultural and trust-related factors, beyond simple awareness or access, a Cochrane review finds.

Prof. Wai Tong CHIEN, Co-Director of Cochrane Hong Kong and mental health expert, recently published a Cochrane Review assessing the effectiveness of family interventions versus standard care, with the aim of improving mental health outcomes for both patients with schizophrenia and their families.

Interested in contributing your experience to healthcare research? 

有興趣將您的經驗貢獻於醫療健康研究嗎？

The World EBHC Day 2024 Campaign seeks to galvanise the global evidence community in addressing the interconnected crises facing humanity through multisectoral collaboration.

Cochrane Hong Kong and Cochrane Nursing are initiating an online survey entitled ‘Needs Assessment and Expectations of Cochrane Nursing’.

The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) will be organising the 9th Nursing Symposium on Cancer Care cum 1st Genomic and Genetic Nursing Forum from 22 to 24 May 2024 at the CUHK campus in Hong Kong.