Positive health news

Healthtech is a challenging industry but recent news and graphs like this demonstrate why it can be so rewarding and addictive.

In the space of 100 years we are predicted to have gone from cervical cancer being the leading cause of cancer deaths in women to it being eliminated as a public health problem by 2040. The human experience has gone from a list of miserable symptoms, aggressive radiation, surgical removal of your uterus and cervix with uncertain survivability to a simple school-age vaccine and occasional at-home testing. How amazing is that?

It has been an incredible worldwide effort with major milestones across multiple pillars:

Research: Unmasking Human Papillomavirus (HPV) as the root cause of 99.7% of all cervical cancers

Diagnostics: Shifting from manual cell smears to ultra-precise molecular screening

Access: Launching one of the world's most successful and impactful population screening initiatives and continuing to evolve at-home testing

Intervention: Moving to true prevention with routine, population-level adolescent vaccines

It's easy to leave big health breakthroughs to the folks in labcoats developing vaccines but some of the biggest impacts have come from a population database and admin system as well as initiatives to make the screening experience more comfortable, convenient and discreet.

For those noble, early-stage start-ups hoping to make a positive impact with a medical device or implantable, get in touch to see how I can support.

Here's to more good news in the future!