Overcoming challenges and achieving high HPV vaccination uptake in Cameroon: lessons learned from a gender-neutral and single-dose program and community engagement.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is sexually transmissible and affects almost all sexually active people. The virus infects females and males, causing genital warts, cervical cancer, and oropharyngeal cancers in some. The disease burden is highest in resource-constrained countries, and it is a leading cause of cancer-related mortality in Cameroon. HPV infection is preventable by vaccination. Despite the merits of HPV vaccination, improving coverage has remained difficult in Cameroon. This paper highlights the challenges, lessons learned, and progress in HPV vaccination as part of Cameroon's gender-neutral-single-dose approach and the periodic intensification of routine immunization (PIRI).

Methods

This ecological cross-sectional study, conducted from July to December

SUBMITTER: Njoh AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12060551 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature