Brazil below HPV vaccination targets, study shows
A study by Brazil’s Cancer Foundation, released to mark the World Cervical Cancer Prevention Day this Sunday (Mar. 26), reveals that all Brazilian capitals and regions have vaccination levels for HPV (human papillomavirus) below the targets set both domestically and by the World Health Organization (WHO).The indicators show that the nation will not be able to reach the goal required to eliminate the disease by 2030. The survey is based on vaccination records for girls aged nine through 14 made from 2013 to 2021, and boys aged 11 through 14 between 2017 and 2021.Throughout Brazil, the vaccination coverage of 9–14-year-old girls stood at 76 percent for the first dose and 57 percent for the second. Among boys between 11 and 14 years old, the proportion was lower than that of the country’s...