One woman worldwide dies every two minutes due to cervical cancer -- a treatable and preventable disease -- said the United Nations on Monday, November 17, on the first official World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day. 

The day -- November 17 -- was designated by the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly (WHA78.8) to raise awareness of the disease, and to expand access to HPV vaccination, high-performance screening, and treatment services.