Announcement: EPT course and related resources
UICC is delighted to highlight a series of new resources and materials to support the cancer community in making progress towards cervical cancer elimination.
As part of its role in the International Cancer Control Partnership (ICCP), UICC launched at the Cancer Planners’ Forum last May a new global interactive map of national cervical cancer elimination strategies.
It also unveiled a new compilation of more than 250 resources on cervical cancer, gathering a range of tools and materials to support the cancer community in their efforts to help countries make progress in reaching the WHO 90:70:90 2030 targets, and set countries on a path to achieving elimination.
This work is hosted on the ICCP portal, and was led by the International Gynecologic Cancer Society, a UICC member and new ICCP partner, with the support of the Cancer Elimination Collaboration at the University of Sydney, led by Professor Karen Canfell.
The Cervical Cancer Elimination Planning Tool (EPT) is a key resource featured in this compilation.
To support its use, UICC has launched a new online course, developed with the University of Sydney, that helps policymakers, cancer planners, and advocates explore how to design effective, sustainable, and context-specific cervical cancer strategies.
What participants will gain from the course:
- A clear understanding of why comprehensive, evidence-based planning is essential for elimination programmes, and how it supports decision-making by policymakers and advocates.
- Practical knowledge of how the Elimination Planning Tool (EPT) works, and how to use it effectively.
- Insight into how the EPT fits within current and future implementation efforts.
- Examples of how the EPT is being used in different country contexts to address specific policy questions.
- An understanding of how the EPT works alongside other planning resources.
- An overview of upcoming developments and how they will support global scale-up of the three pillars.
The course includes real-life use cases from different countries to bring to life the types of questions countries are considering in developing cervical cancer strategies. These include questions such as what the optimal catch-up age range and service delivery strategy should be for a multi-age cohort HPV vaccination campaign, and how vaccine outcomes vary by state, as well as the potential impact of adjusting delivery models.
UICC will be supporting discussions on the EPT via UICC Connect, where users can exchange with key experts and other users, as well as other key topics that are central to elimination via a cervical cancer community of practice.
If you are interested to engage and join these discussions, please reach out to gloor@uicc.org for more information.
Last update
Wednesday 10 June 2026
