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The Role of CSOs in HPV Vaccination
At the 2025 CHIC Africa Symposium in Nairobi, we sat down with Benda Kithaka, Executive Director and founder of KILELE Health Association, to talk about the role civil society plays in HPV vaccination. In this video, she shares why community ownership is essential for public health interventions to truly take root — and how CSOs are making that happen across Africa.
Expanding the Target Population for HPV Vaccination: A CHIC Technical Brief
As more countries consider extending HPV vaccination beyond the WHO primary target of girls aged 9–14, this CHIC brief examines the evidence behind that choice. It reviews guidance and modelling on impact, cost-effectiveness, feasibility, and acceptability to help country programmes decide whether, and how, to broaden eligibility while keeping cervical cancer elimination the central aim.
The Global HPV Challenge
Every two minutes, someone dies from HPV-related cervical cancer—a preventable disease that demands urgent coordinated action to accelerate use of tools such as vaccination where needed most.
Global HPV vaccine coverage has grown from 20% to 27% since 2022, yet reaching WHO’s 90% target by 2030 requires stronger routine immunization systems beyond initial country launches.
The Power of Partnerships
CHIC is uniquely positioned to promote peer learning and develop targeted answers to the most persistent HPV vaccination roadblocks in Gavi countries—accelerating progress on topics such as supply logistics, delivery models, health system integration, and vaccine demand.
The partnership structure uniquely bridges the gap between academic research and field implementation, ensuring that emerging evidence on good practice quickly reaches decision-makers in accessible formats that facilitate practical application.
Symposium Series
CHIC’s regional symposia series creates unparalleled opportunities for cross-country learning and collaborative problem-solving, bringing together the key decision-makers and implementers from multiple countries to share experiences, build consensus, and plan for the future.
The symposia structure moves beyond information sharing to facilitated group work that results in concrete country action plans, with multiple participants from each country having protected time to translate evidence into specific next steps for their national programs.
Why is This Work Timely
The HPV vaccination landscape is at a critical inflection point, demanding coordinated action to protect vulnerable populations from cervical cancer while maximizing limited resources.
CHIC’s community of practice provides essential cross-country learning when it’s needed most. As ministries of health navigate complex transitions, CHIC creates dedicated spaces for collaboration, knowledge exchange, and evidence-sharing that would otherwise be missing from the HPV vaccine landscape.
Featured Resources
The work of CHIC extends well beyond any single event. Our discussions remain available through our resources pages, where a living library archives proceedings from all CHIC activities — presentations, panel discussions, interviews, and technical briefs.
CHIC – 2023 – Post Symposium Engagement
The CHIC online meeting convened stakeholders to share experiences on HPV vaccination programs, focusing on progress, challenges, and new strategies across African countries. Côte d’Ivoire reported moving from a two-dose to a single-dose schedule and strengthening community engagement; Cameroon shared its integration of male vaccination and school outreach; Kenya presented its success in achieving 78% […]
Read more...Nigeria, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Zambia. Post Symposium Engagement . CHIC – 2023 – Post Symposium Engagement.
Engagement Post-Symposium du CHIC 2023
La réunion en ligne du CHIC a réuni des parties prenantes pour échanger sur les programmes de vaccination contre le HPV, en mettant l’accent sur les progrès, les défis et les nouvelles stratégies des pays africains. La Côte d’Ivoire a présenté sa transition vers une dose unique et son renforcement de l’engagement communautaire ; le Cameroun […]
Read more...Nigeria, Cameroun, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Zambia. Post Symposium Engagement . Engagement Post-Symposium du CHIC 2023.