Overview of the Global Vaccination against Human Papillomavirus

Abstract

The article presents an overview of the current status of the vaccination against Human Papillomavirus (HPV) in the world. It describes different approaches to expanding the coverage with HPV vaccination at different national levels by inclusion of the vaccine in National Immunization Programmes. Moreover, the principal ways of project financing in different regions of the world are referred to. The results of the implemented vaccination against HPV in the pioneer countries provide the conclusions on the current situation of HPV vaccination in the world and strategies demonstrating its effectiveness.

Keywords

• vaccination
• human papillomavirus
• hpv
• national immunization program