Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals
The Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals department is responsible for targeting vaccine-preventable diseases, guiding immunization research and establishing immunization policy.

Policy and Decision-making for HPV Vaccine Introduction

It is important to have a systematic and transparent process for making a decision about introducing HPV vaccine into the national immunization programme.

The resources on this page present guidance and information necessary to help policy and decision-makers involved in these considerations.

 

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Vaccine introduction

Principles and considerations for adding a vaccine to a national immunization program: from decision to implementation and monitoring

This publication is available in the following languages.English [3.77Mb] - French [3.7Mb] -  Arabic [pdf 3.88MB] - Russian...

WHO position papers

Data and statistics on disease burden

Integrated approaches

Delivering HPV vaccination with other interventions may promote sharing of resources and knowledge across programmes, optimize cost and logistics, and serve to integrate a variety of services in a more efficient, effective and sustainable way. For more, see IMPLEMENTATION.

 

 

Comprehensive cervical cancer control

This guide’s principal objective is to assist those responsible for providing services aimed at reducing the burden of cervical cancer on women,...

Health for the world's adolescents: a second chance in the second decade: summary

What must we do to improve and maintain the health of the world’s one billion adolescents? Health for the world’s adolescents is a World Health...

Comprehensive cervical cancer prevention and control - a healthier future for girls and women

This WHO Guidance Note advocates for a comprehensive approach to cervical cancer prevention and control and is aimed at senior policy makers and programme...

Options for linking health interventions for adolescents with HPV vaccination

There are few interventions targeting young adolescents and those that do exist are often not adequately reaching them. This is because the number of contacts...

Resources

HPV introduction - technical resources

This toolbox on the TechNet-21 website contains practical tools often developed by EPI programmes and partners and is regularly updated.