What would you do if you had the tools and capabilities to eradicate one of the most pressing women’s health challenges of our generation? If you had the means to turn the tables on cervical cancer—the second most common cancer among women under the age of 45 in Malaysia—how far would you go to reach that target? For University of Malaya professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Dr Woo Yin Ling, this goal has shaped the course of her life and career irrevocably.
“For the first time in history, we have the ready tools to eliminate a human cancer,” Woo told when we spoke to her in March. “Extensive research and emerging evidence tell us that if we [first] vaccinate our girls against HPV [human papillomavirus infection, a major cause of cervical cancer], [second] screen women as
