GAVI Alliance to support HPV vaccination programme in Uzbekistan
10/03/2014 00:08
GAVI Alliance to support HPV vaccination programme in Uzbekistan
10/03/2014 00:08
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The GAVI Alliance will support vaccination programme in Uzbekistan aiming to protect girls against human papillomavirus (HPV) in 2015.
The GAVI Alliance said that Uzbekistan developed detailed plans to ensure that girls aged 10 - 12 years are vaccinated with HPV vaccine in schools and medical establishments. The HPV vaccine will help girls to protect from cervical cancer.
“Cervical cancer is a scourge on women and their families in the world’s poorest countries,” said Dr Seth Berkley, CEO of the GAVI Alliance. “With limited access to screening and treatment, it is all the more important to vaccinate girls against HPV to give them the best protection possible against cervical cancer, which claims more than a quarter of a million women’s lives every year.”
According to theGAVI Alliance, an estimated 266,000 women die every year from cervical cancer, of which more than 85% live in low-income countries, according to the latest statistics published by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). Without changes in prevention and control, cervical cancer deaths are expected to rise to 416,000 by 2035, with over 95% expected to be women living in poor countries.
GAVI is funded by governments, the European Commission, OPEC, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as private and corporate partners such as Absolute Return for Kids, Anglo American plc., The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, Comic Relief, Dutch Postcode Lottery, His Highness Sheikh Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, JP Morgan, “la Caixa” Foundation, LDS Charities, Lions Clubs, and Vodafone.
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