Cervical cancer elimination in Romania: Translating political commitment into action

Argyro Pavlidou, Gheorghe Gindrovel Dumitra, Bianca Enciu, Dana Farcasanu, Radu Ganescu, Carmen Ungurean, Alina Zaharia and Urška Košir
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Argyro Pavlidou: IHE - The Swedish Institute for Health Economics
Gheorghe Gindrovel Dumitra: Romanian National Society of Family Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova
Bianca Enciu: Department of Epidemiology II, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
Dana Farcasanu: Centre for Policies and Services in Health
Radu Ganescu: Coalition of Chronic Disease Patients' Organizations (COPAC)
Carmen Ungurean: National Institute of Public Health
Alina Zaharia: National Institute of Public Health
Urška Košir: IHE - The Swedish Institute for Health Economics

No 2026:5, IHE Report / IHE Rapport from IHE - The Swedish Institute for Health Economics

Abstract: Cervical cancer remains one of the most preventable cancers, yet it continues to place a significant burden on women in Romania. While the country has historically faced high incidence and mortality rates, recent progress in HPV vaccination policy and the adoption of a national screening methodology aligned with EU guidelines signal a critical turning point.

This report presents a clear, evidence-based roadmap to help Romania move from fragmented efforts to coordinated national action — strengthening system capacity, expanding organized screening, and ensuring equitable access to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment — to accelerate progress toward eliminating cervical cancer and reducing HPV-related cancers across the population.

Keywords: women’s cancers; cervical cancer; gynecological cancer; prevention; HPV vaccination; screening; Costs and disease burden; Policy; RWE and registries; kostnader och sjukdomsbörda; policy; kvinnors cancer; cancer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 2026
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