Our global and rural health efforts extend, not only to our local community, but around the world. We are consistently working towards improving women's health care, increasing awareness, advancing practice standards, and more.
Operation Wipe Out
Operation Wipe Out is a partnership of several organizations to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem in Alabama. The initiative brings together the UAB Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UAB O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Rotary Club of Birmingham, The Rotary Club of Lafayette, Auburn University School of Nursing, TogetHER for Health, Quality of Life Health Services, and the Alabama Department of Public Health. These organizations and concerned citizens have come together to end cervical cancer as a public health problem in the state by building awareness of HPV and cervical cancer, engaging communities, and bolstering access to cervical cancer prevention.
Cervical Cancer Summit
In September 2022, the UAB Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology hosted the 2022 Cervical Cancer Summit. This "meeting of the minds" allowed medical professionals from around the state of Alabama to come together, discuss, and brainstorm ways to work towards an end goal of eliminating cervical cancer as a public health problem.