By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - As South Africa marks Women's Month, health advocates are calling for urgent and coordinated action to eliminate cervical cancer, which is a largely preventable disease that claims nearly 6,000 lives in the country every year. Despite progress toward aligning with the WHO's targets - focusing on vaccination, screening, and timely treatment -persistent delivery bottlenecks, vaccine hesitancy and high HIV co-infection rates continue to leave vulnerable women behind. Cancer Alliance Director Salomé Meyer stresses that eliminating cervical cancer is a matter of gender equity and social justice. In this week's Medical Monitor, Meyer began by discussing the importance of the HPV vaccine, labelling it as a critical line of defense...