UKHSA data for 2023/24 in England shows inequalities in uptake of the jab in some regions. By Year 10, HPV coverage in girls was lowest in London (64.9%) and highest in the South East (82.7%).

Researchers compared the vaccine efficacy of a single dose of quadrivalent HPV vaccine to two and three doses in protecting against high-risk HPV strains. After 10 years of following the cohort of ...

A new study has found alarmingly low awareness and uptake of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine among rural women in Uganda’s Busoga Sub-region, despite high public willingness to vaccinate ...

One dose of a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine was noninferior to two doses in preventing infection, data from a randomized trial showed. In the ESCUDDO trial, which involved more than 20,000 ...

The HPV vaccine can prevent cancers, including cervical cancer. It's recommended for girls between the ages nine and 45. Only about three in 10 eligible girls in Kenya received the human ...

HPV is fuelling high cervical cancer rates in sub-Saharan Africa despite the availability of effective vaccines. Yet uptake remains low, driven largely by vaccine hesitancy. In South Africa alone, ...

HPV is fuelling high cervical cancer rates in sub-Saharan Africa despite the availability of effective vaccines. Yet uptake remains low, driven largely by vaccine hesitancy. In South Africa alone ...

Efforts to eliminate HPV and reduce HPV-related cervical cancer in Africa necessitate innovative, community-driven solutions. Dr Sabrina Kitaka, Senior Lecturer at Makerere University, states that ...

Introduction The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine can effectively prevent cervical cancer, yet HPV vaccine uptake is particularly low in some low-income settings, due to supply and vaccine ...

The primary reason for low uptake (19.8%) was the perceived high vaccine cost. Other factors influencing knowledge and attitudes towards HPV vaccine uptake included previous sexual experience (86.7%), ...