A single vaccine shot against Human Papillomavirus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer, delivers comparable protection for girls and women under 21 as two doses, the WHO's immunization experts said.
The WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization evaluated new evidence that single-dose schedules provide comparable efficacy to two- or three-dose regimens. They concluded that one shot delivers solid protection against HPV. FILE PHOTO
"This could be a game-changer for the prevention of the disease, seeing more doses of the life-saving jab reach more girls," the World Health Organization said. "These recommendations will enable more girls and women to be vaccinated and thus preventing them from having cervical cancer and all its consequences over the course of their lifetimes."
"This single-dose recommendation has the potential to take us faster to our goal of having 90 percent of girls vaccinated by the age of 15 by 2030."
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