Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, shared a post on X:
“WHO is proud to celebrate India and South Africa for making major progress towards cervical cancer elimination by making HPV vaccines available to girls.
India has launched the largest free HPV vaccination campaign in history, targeting almost 12 million girls aged 14 every year.
SouthAfrica is ensuring every girl between 9 and 14 receives an HPV vaccine. I urge more countries to take similar steps to achieve the 90-70-90 targets set out in the WHO
Global Strategy to eliminate cervical cancer:
- 90 percent of girls vaccinated;
- 70 percent of women screened;
- And 90% of women with cervical cancer or precancerous lesions treated, all by 2030.”
Proceed to the video attached to the post.
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