Nearly four million women who’ve missed screening invitations will be offered free HPV self-testing swabs to complete at home, part of NHS England’s push to increase screening and eliminate cervical cancer entirely by 2040.
A landmark study found no cervical cancer deaths among women aged 20 to 24 in England from 2020 to 2024, the first direct evidence that HPV vaccination saves lives, not just prevents infections. Researchers estimate it has already prevented roughly 200 deaths.
In Mozambique, VillageReach’s INTEGRATE HPV initiative is reshaping cervical cancer prevention. When trained teachers and student peer champions led the conversation, fear gave way to enthusiasm. School-based HPV vaccinations surged nearly tenfold across intervention sites.
The roll-out will have impact at not just national, but global scale, experts say. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
Getting over the cervical cancer elimination line means both vaccinating girls and screening women. Rwanda’s corps of volunteer health workers are going door to door to get it done. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.