Jauhn Etienne Villaruel

Colorized electron micrograph of HPV virus particles (yellow) harvested and purified from cell culture supernatant. Captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: NIAID

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1763338213506cropped-1737008182223HPV.webp" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Colorized electron micrograph of HPV virus particles (yellow) harvested and purified from cell culture supernatant. Captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: NIAID</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>GENEVA, Switzerland — A three-year campaign to bring vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV) to low-income countries has prevented 1.4 million cervical cancer deaths, the vaccine alliance Gavi said Monday.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/1/16/herbosa-doh-to-begin-free-hpv-immunization-for-filipino-girls-1421">Herbosa: DOH to begin free HPV immunization for Filipino girls</a></div><p>&quot;An estimated 86 million girls are now protected against the leading cause of cervical cancer, thanks to a concerted three-year effort by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and lower-income countries,&quot; the organization said.</p><p>It added in a statement to mark World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day that &quot;an estimated 1.4 million future deaths&quot; had been prevented.</p><p>Cancer caused by HPV disproportionately affects low-income countries, which often lack screening services and access to treatment.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/health-science/2025/8/19/batch-hpv-dna-screening-to-help-eliminate-cervical-cancer-in-ph-experts-1915">Batch HPV DNA screening to help eliminate cervical cancer in PH: experts</a></div><p>These countries accounted for 90 percent of the 350,000 cervical cancer deaths recorded in 2022, according to Gavi.</p><p>The organization&#x27;s chief executive Sania Nishtar credited the &quot;incredible commitment&quot; by countries and organizations for helping to reach the target of protecting 86 million girls.</p><p>Gavi said that across Africa the coverage rate for the vaccine had risen from four percent of girls in 2014 to 44 percent at the end of 2024, higher than for Europe on 38 percent.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/health-science/2025/8/31/mga-maling-akala-sa-hpv-at-cervical-cancer-1439">Mga maling akala sa HPV at cervical cancer</a></div><p>The alliance said it used economies of scale to bring down prices and make vaccines available to about 50 poorer countries.</p><p>&quot;Gavi secured commitments from manufacturers to invest in HPV vaccines -– and the price of HPV vaccines in Gavi-supported countries is now between $2.90 and $5.18 per dose, compared with US$100 or more elsewhere,&quot; said the statement.</p><p>&quot;This collaborative effort is driving major global progress towards eliminating one of the deadliest diseases affecting women,&quot; she said, while stressing that the cancer still kills a woman every two minutes.</p><p>The World Health Organization (WHO) officially backed a single-dose HPV vaccination schedule instead of the previous two doses in 2022, allowing twice as many girls to be vaccinated with existing stocks.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse<br/></strong></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/f0kaufi65cQ?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/U1Ct_Xp3DZY?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Cancer caused by HPV disproportionately affects low-income countries, which often lack screening services and access to treatment.</p>

Cancer caused by HPV disproportionately affects low-income countries, which often lack screening services and access to treatment.

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Cervical cancer vaccine push has saved 1.4 million lives: alliance

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Published November 17, 2025 08:11 AM PHT

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