从2025年10月7日至11日, 加纳为250万9-14岁的女孩接种HPV疫苗, 以防治宫颈癌。 Ghana to vaccinate 2.5 million girls aged 9–14 against HPV from Oct. 7–11, 2025, to fight cervical cancer.

加纳将在2025年10月7日至11日发起一场全国性的HPV疫苗接种运动,对象是9至14岁的女孩,以防治宫颈癌,宫颈癌是加纳妇女中第二大常见的癌症。 Ghana will launch a nationwide HPV vaccination campaign from October 7 to 11, 2025, targeting girls aged 9 to 14 to combat cervical cancer, the country’s second most common cancer among women. 这项由加纳卫生服务局主导, 得到联合国儿童基金会,Gavi和世卫组织的支持, 旨在用单剂Gardasil 4疫苗接种250万名女孩的免费疫苗, 已被证明对高风险的HPV类型有效, 这类型与宫,门,口腔和阴茎癌有关. The free initiative, led by the Ghana Health Service with support from UNICEF, Gavi, and WHO, aims to vaccinate 2.5 million girls with a single dose of the Gardasil 4 vaccine, proven effective against high-risk HPV types linked to cervical, anal, oral, and penile cancers. 该运动针对污名化和错误信息,强调疫苗的安全性以及与生育或性活动缺乏联系。 The campaign addresses stigma and misinformation, emphasizing the vaccine’s safety and lack of link to fertility or sexual activity. 它将利用以学校和社区为主的外联工作,帮助失学和难以接触的女孩,目标是实现80%的覆盖率,以实现牛群免疫。 It will use school-based and community outreach to reach out-of-school and hard-to-reach girls, aiming for 80% coverage to achieve herd immunity. 这项努力支持到2030年消灭宫颈癌的全球目标,疫苗最终被纳入常规免疫。 The effort supports global goals to eliminate cervical cancer by 2030, with the vaccine eventually integrated into routine immunization.