http://blog.givewell.org/2011/12/22/my-favorite-cause-for-individual-donors-global-health-and-nutrition/ Exploring how to get real change for your dollar. Fri, 17 May 2013 22:52:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.givewell.org/2011/12/22/my-favorite-cause-for-individual-donors-global-health-and-nutrition/comment-page-1/#comment-264813 Jane Dale Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:15:24 +0000 http://blog.givewell.org/2011/12/22/my-favorite-cause-for-individual-donors-global-health-and-nutrition/#comment-264813 Low cost solutions to global health problems should include low-tech, low cost cervical cancer prevention (at a materials cost of less than 25 cents per woman screened and treated). This simple method – called “visual inspection with acetic acid” was cited in 2011 by the World Health Organization as a Public Health “Best Buy.” Cervical cancer – though 100% preventable – is the leading cause of cancer death for women in the developing world simply for lack of access to screening and early care.

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