Group 2 identified four main challenges: lack of national financing and transition plans post-GAVI support; limited community and health worker acceptance; global HPV vaccine supply constraints; and insufficient, poorly adapted communication strategies, especially with social media misinformation. Opportunities include leveraging school health networks, integrating with community associations, mobilizing parliamentary health groups for advocacy, and using […]
Format: Breakout Group Plenary
Breakout Groups Plenary feedback – Group 3
Group 3 identified key challenges for HPV vaccine introduction: insufficient local resource mobilization, frequent vaccine stockouts, inadequate communication (rumors, misinformation), and weak intersectoral coordination. School health activities are often budgeted but rarely funded, limiting implementation. Strengths include the involvement of civil society organizations, existing school health infrastructure, supportive normative frameworks, trained and motivated health personnel, […]
Breakout Groups Plenary feedback – Group 4
Group 4 discussed countries that have not yet integrated HPV vaccination into their programs. Main challenges include lack of accurate target population data, limited awareness and communication around the disease and vaccine, insufficient resources and technical capacity, and accessibility and security issues in conflict-affected areas. Opportunities include strong political will, existing reproductive health and adolescent […]
Breakout Groups Plenary feedback – Group 5
Group 5 identified challenges to HPV vaccine introduction, including community acceptance (questions on gender targeting), COVID-19-related misinformation, financing gaps (especially for non-GAVI countries), stakeholder engagement difficulties, and targeting issues (e.g., out-of-school girls, nomadic populations). Country-specific concerns include fragile health systems (e.g., Guinea) and hard-to-reach populations (e.g., Djibouti). Opportunities include political commitment, existing cancer and school […]
Breakout Groups Plenary feedback – Group 6
Group 6 highlighted several challenges in HPV vaccine introduction and revitalization: low acceptance from influential community leaders due to poor information, insufficient inclusion of non-EPI stakeholders (e.g., education and religious sectors), lack of funds for communication and mobilization activities, weak coordination at subnational levels, political instability and government transitions affecting stakeholder engagement, and sabotage from […]