Nepal set to launch historic HPV vaccination programme

Nepal is set to launch its human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign on Feb 4, 2025, on World Cancer Day. Supported by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, WHO, and UNICEF, the campaign aims to immunise more than 1·6 million adolescent schoolgirls (grades 6 to 10; aged 10–15 years) and girls not in school (aged 10–14 years) nationwide. With this scheme, the Government of Nepal will introduce HPV vaccination into their National Immunization Program.1