This month, Mary Ann has been talking about her determination to work with FIGO and all of our stakeholders to improve the health of women and girls around the world, and the pivotal role she will have in driving forward significant changes to increase our influence globally.

Cervical cancer poses a serious and persistent threat to women’s lives, with one woman dying of cervical cancer every two minutes. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected women are up to five times more at risk.

This presents a powerful opportunity for life-saving collaboration between two critical global health communities: communicable and non-communicable diseases (NCDs).