Table 3. Capacity to screen for, prevent and treat breast and cervical cancers in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012.

Parameter	South Americaa	Mexico and Central Americab	“Latin” Caribbeanc	“English” Caribbeand
Cancer policy
Cancer policy	All countries except Paraguay	Costa Rica and Guatemala	All countries	Barbados, Dominica, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Action plan for cancer	All countries except Ecuador	All countries except Belize	All countries	All countries and territories except Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Cervical cancer screening
Cytology
Available	All countries	All countries	All countries	All countries and territories
Free	All countries except Bolivia and Peru	All countries	Cuba and Dominican Republic	All countries and territories except Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Suriname
HPV DNA test	Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela	Mexico	None	Bahamas
Visual inspection of cervix with acetic acid	Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay and Peru	El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua	Cuba and Puerto Rica	Guyana and Suriname
Breast cancer screening
Clinical breast examination	All countries except Bolivia	All countries	All countries	All countries and territories
Mammography
Available	All countries except Bolivia	All countries except Guatemala	Cuba and Puerto Rico	All countries and territories except Grenada
Free	All countries that have it available except Argentina, Paraguay and Peru	Costa Rica, Mexico and Nicaragua	Cuba	Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago
Cancer treatment
Chemotherapye
Available	All countries	All countries except Belize	All countries	All countries and territories except Saint Kitts and Nevis
Free	All countries except Bolivia	Costa Rica, Mexico and Nicaragua	Cuba	Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago
Radiation therapy
Available	All countries	All countries except Belize	All countries	Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago
Free	All countries except Bolivia and Peru	Costa Rica, Mexico and Nicaragua	Cuba	Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago
Tamoxifen
Available	All countries except Paraguay	All countries except El Salvador and Guatemala	All countries	All countries and territories except Saint Kitts and Nevis and Grenada
Free	Brazil, Chile, Ecuador and Venezuela	Costa Rica and Nicaragua	Cuba	Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago
Oral morphine
Available	All countries except Paraguay	Belize, Costa Rica and Panama	Cuba and Puerto Rico	All countries and territories except Guyana and Saint Kitts and Nevis
Free	Brazil, Chile and Venezuela	Belize and, Costa Rica	Cuba	Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago

DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid; HPV, human papillomavirus.

^a Information available for Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.

^b Information available for Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama.

^c Information available for Cuba, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.

^d Information available for Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago.

^e Chemotherapy refers to the list of cytotoxic medicines contained in the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (17th list, March 2011), accessible at: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2011/a95053_eng.pdf