Erratum: Editorial in Pan Am J Public Health 15 (2), 2004 by S. Robles & M. Roses Periago entitled “Guanacaste, Costa Rica: A Landmark for Cervical Cancer Prevention”. This article in the Pan American Journal of Public Health highlights the important contributions of the Guanacaste Project to innovations in cervical cancer prevention. It also notes the PAHO’s role as a member of the global Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention (ACCP) in evaluating cervical cancer prevention strategies. The article refers to progress being made by PATH for affordable new screening technologies. In this regard, there is a correction on page 74 (next-to-last paragraph of the article, sixth sentence), which should read as follows:
“On February 2004, PATH launched a partnership with the Digene Corporation, the company that produces the Hybrid Capture test for HPV, in order to develop low cost, easy to use, culturally acceptable tests for cervical cancer screening.” (The original sentence indicates that the ACCP launched the partnership.)
The full text of this article is available via the SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online) database generated by PAHO’s Regional Center on Health Information, BIREME, as part of their Virtual Health Library (VHL). BIREME is located in São Paulo, Brazil.
This paper came about as a result of the Cervical Cancer Project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation from 1999 to 2004, as well as PAHO's involvement in the Alliance for Cervical Cancer Protection (ACCP), an international partnership formed by PAHO, EngenderHealth, IARC, JPIEGO, and PATH (the project page contains links to publications and and multilingual versions, primarily via the PATH website where most of the project results were published).
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