India, Home to 25% of the World’s Cervical Cancer Victims, Launches Nationwide HPV Vaccination
The roll-out will have impact at not just national, but global scale, experts say. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
The roll-out will have impact at not just national, but global scale, experts say. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
Younger voices are better heard by their peers, say health workers campaigning for improved HPV vaccine uptake. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
Starting in September 2025, the nation’s daughters will be shielded from a brutal and preventable disease — cervical cancer, from HPV — and we’re glad to play our part in the campaign. Story by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
A nationwide study suggests infections with human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18 have been virtually eliminated since vaccination began in 2008 – protecting even unvaccinated women.
Breast and cervical cancers account for nearly a third of all cancer diagnoses in Bangladeshi women – and mortality rates have been way higher than Dr Habibullah Talukder Ruskin is willing to accept. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.