Cervical cancer vaccine protects 86 million girls from cancer, saved 1.4 million lives —Gavi

Gavi, the vaccine alliance, said its three-year campaign to bring vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV) to low-income countries has prevented an estimated 1.4 million future deaths and protected 86 million girls in the world’s highest-risk countries from cervical cancer. This milestone, announced on the first World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day, follows a major revitalization of…