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Substantial increases in cervical cancer inequalities worldwide without enhanced human papillomavirus vaccination and screening efforts: a global modelling study
A global modelling study published in The Lancet projects that between-country differences in cervical cancer incidence and mortality will widen unless HPV vaccination and screening coverage is substantially increased. Under the model, meeting the WHO elimination targets for coverage and screening is a precondition for eliminating cervical cancer in low- and middle-income countries; without this t…
India introduces human papillomavirus vaccination
On 28 February 2026 India's prime minister Narendra Modi launched a free human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign aiming to vaccinate 11.5 million girls aged 14 within 90 days. The vaccines are given free of charge at public health facilities, and after the campaign the programme will be folded into India's Universal Immunization Programme. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus en…