South Africa’s school-based HPV vaccination programme is delivering measurable population-level benefits. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and The Conversation.
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.
Amid shortages of doctors and nurses, village health workers are the keystone of care in rural Zimbabwe. To get further, faster, they’re now on bikes. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance