In the USA, women who are diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer often live in lower-resourced parts of the community.

The Rio Grande Valley, at the southernmost tip of Texas, has one of the highest rates of cervical cancer in the country. For women residing in the Rio Grande Valley, there are many barriers preventing access to appropriate healthcare services, lack of transport being one of the biggest. But a mobile health van that has been providing low or no cost healthcare to the community since the 1980s, is now improving cervical cancer prevention efforts in the region too.