ACCF’s current and future objectives are

• To provide life-saving HPV cervical cancer vaccine for women, in developing countries, who cannot otherwise afford vaccination.
• To promote and facilitate screening for cervical cancer, as well as treatment of cervical cancer and related women’s health issues, in developing countries.
• To promote awareness and prevention of cervical cancer.
• To support women living with cervical cancer and related women’s health issues, and their families.
• To facilitate training for health care professionals about cervical cancer and related women’s health issues.

Cervical cancer kills more than a quarter of a million women every year worldwide, 80% of these women live in developing countries.

In developing countries like Nepal and Bhutan, cervical cancer is the number one cause of cancer death in women between the ages of 20 and 60 and far exceeds even breast cancer. Screening and treatment is extremely limited and as a result the death rate from cervical cancer is much higher than in developed countries like Australia.

In developing countries like Nepal and Bhutan, cervical cancer can mean an early and painful death.

Thankfully, cervical cancer is now largely preventable due to the HPV vaccine developed by Professor Ian Frazer, the 2006 Australian of the Year, currently Scientific Adviser of ACCF.  Over time, with resolve and commitment it may be possible to eliminate cervical cancer through vaccination. In developing countries we are working to educate communities about the benefits of vaccination and to deliver the HPV cervical cancer vaccine free of charge.