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3500 miles to end cervical cancer

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What am I doing?  From June 2018 to June 2019, I'll walk 3,500 miles around the coast of England and Wales.   Find out more at:    https://www.3500toendit.com/ 

That's crazy!  Why?   To get everyone excited about  eradicating cervical cancer in just one generation!  Cervical cancer is caused by the HPV virus and a safe, effective vaccine exists.  We've eradicated smallpox and polio through vaccination.  Now we can do the same for cervical cancer.  And save the lives of the 250,000 women (daughters, wives, mothers, sisters, partners, friends...) who die from it every year.  

OK, but why I do I feel so strongly about this?  Because my beautiful, wonderful wife, Melitta, mother of our three children, sister, daughter and beloved friend to many, died of cervical cancer in 2015.   That's Melitta in the picture.  She gave us life; this is the least I can do for her.   Think of your daughter, your partner, your mother, your sister, your friend...

Who with? I'm raising funds for Cancer Research UK to fund research to help end cervical cancer.  All funds go to a CR UK-supported research project at the University College London led by Dr Jo Waller.  She's investigating how to persuade more people to get vaccinated against HPV and regularly screened.  Here's more info: https://www.3500toendit.com/dr-jo-waller

Can we seriously eradicate cervical cancer in a generation?   Yes!  In Australia, after 10 years of HPV vaccination, reaching 90% of the eligible age group.  HPV infection has dropped by 90%.  Hardly anyone from that age group can ever get cervical cancer.  Imagine that everywhere...

OK, so what can each of us do?   Four things:
1.  Pass on this message to anyone you care about.   
2. Get the HPV vaccination, if you're in the right age group.  (Ask your doctor.)
3.  Check on whether screening is overdue, if you're a woman in right age group.  (Ask your doctor.)
4.  Donate.

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Will you have a blog?
Yes, here's a link:  https://www.3500toendit.com/blog

Organizer

Laurence Carter
Organizer
Bethesda, MD

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