Global evidence shows cervical cancer elimination in Pacific can be done

Pacific leaders, clinicians and researchers say cervical cancer elimination is within reach, as global evidence shows the disease can be virtually eradicated within a generation. “For the Pacific, the question is not whether we can eliminate cervical cancer, but how quickly we can do it,” Sir Collin Tukitonga told the Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa Research Symposium 2026 at the University of Auckland this week.