{"id":5010,"date":"2024-10-08T10:13:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T10:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=5010"},"modified":"2024-10-08T10:13:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T10:13:55","slug":"hpv-vaccine-confirmed-by-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=5010","title":{"rendered":"HPV Vaccine Confirmed by WHO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Health Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) has made a groundbreaking announcement that Cecolin, a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, has been confirmed for single-dose use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This decision is based on new data that meets the WHO&#8217;s 2022 recommendations for alternative, off-label use of HPV vaccines in single-dose schedules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Unlike most other cancers, we have the ability to eliminate cervical cancer, along with its painful inequities,&#8221; said Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;By adding another option for a one-dose HPV vaccination schedule, we have taken another step closer to consigning cervical cancer to history.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cervical cancer is a major global health concern, with over 95% of the 660,000 annual cases attributed to HPV. Every two minutes, a woman dies from this preventable disease, with 90% of these deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries. Africa is disproportionately affected, with 19 of the 20 hardest-hit countries located on the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The WHO&#8217;s global strategy for cervical cancer elimination aims to have 90% of girls fully vaccinated with the HPV vaccine by age 15. Dr. Kate O&#8217;Brien, Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at WHO, notes that &#8220;given the continuing supply challenges, this addition of single-dose vaccine product means countries will have greater choice of vaccines to reach more girls&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key Developments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Increased Accessibility: The single-dose schedule adoption has resulted in at least 6 million additional girls being reached with HPV vaccines in 2023.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Global Funding: Countries and partners have committed nearly $600 million in new funding towards cervical cancer elimination.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New Vaccine Options: Walrinvax, a fifth HPV vaccine, has been prequalified by WHO with a two-dose schedule.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These advancements bring us closer to eliminating cervical cancer. With continued investment and increased accessibility to HPV vaccines, we can protect more girls and women from this preventable disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBC News\u00a92024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health Reporter The World Health Organization (WHO) has made a groundbreaking announcement that Cecolin, a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, has been confirmed for single-dose use. This decision is based on&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5012,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5010\/revisions\/5012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}