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Under the leadership of the Ministry of Public Health and with the support of  Gavi, UNICEF, and the WHO, Burundi has just launched, on April 29, 2026, the vaccine against HPV, which causes cervical cancer.

Marking World Immunization Week 2026, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) announced that, together with partners in the Gavi-funded REACH consortium, it has delivered more than 30 million life-saving vaccine doses in some of the world’s most…

HPV vaccination will help avert nearly one million cervical cancer deaths and produce an estimated US$ 1.8 billion in economic gains across African implementing countries.