Cervical cancer vaccine

Cervical cancer vaccine coming

Moves to save the lives of more women from cervical cancer advanced a step further last week when the World Health Organization (WHO) announced plans to introduce a new vaccine that will protect against cervical cancer mostly in women even as no fewer than eight life - saving vaccines will be develop in the next decade.
Already, to accelerate the development and introduction of the vaccine to be known as ‘human papillomavirus’ (HPV), WHO has received a grant of US$ 7 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Announcing this during the sixth annual WHO Global Vaccine Research Forum, attended by top vaccine scientists, researchers and public health experts to discuss new vaccines and vaccination policy, the Director - General of WHO, Dr. Lee Jong-wook said the grant was part of a joint international effort with the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Harvard University and the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), which have also received new grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.