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Looking Back on Her Decades of Service, Dr. Kobbie Sees a Promising Future for the Elimination of Cervical Cancer

Posted on September 18, 2024 (March 25, 2025) by GECO

Dr. Kobbie provides hands-on training to doctors and nurses in Thanh Hoa, Vietnam 2008.

We are closer than ever to eliminating cervical cancer. The World Health Organization affirmed the likelihood that cervical cancer can be eliminated within the lifetime of today’s young girls. But this is not news or even a revelation for Dr. Khunying Kobchitt “Kobbie” Limpaphayom, who has dedicated her life’s work to improving women’s reproductive health,

Thai health office receives UN award for Cervical Cancer Prevention Services Pioneered by Johns Hopkins affiliate Jhpiego

By Indrani Kashyap The Provincial Health Office (PHO) of Roi Et, Thailand, received a 2018 United Nations Public Service Award this week for its comprehensive cervical cancer prevention and control program that uses a single visit, screen-and-treat approach pioneered by Jhpiego. The rural province in northeastern Thailand has been at the forefront of efforts to

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