(with thanks to Global Health Now)
'India has launched the world’s largest free HPV vaccination campaign, offering shots to ~11.5 million 14-year-old girls each year in an effort to prevent cervical cancer, reports The Telegraph.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/india-laun...
Meeting a high burden: India accounts for roughly a quarter of global cervical cancer cases, reporting ~130,000 new cases and ~80,000 deaths each year from the disease.
The country has also historically had some of the lowest rates of HPV vaccination coverage in the world.
Details: The campaign, which has been rolled out this month, will mostly use a single dose of Gardasil, per NDTV.'
HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of HIFA (Healthcare Information For All), a global health community that brings all stakeholders together around the shared goal of universal access to reliable healthcare information. HIFA has 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting in four languages and representing all parts of the global evidence ecosystem. HIFA is administered by Global Healthcare Information Network, a UK-based nonprofit in official relations with the World Health Organization. Email: neil@hifa.org