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NISH (NITAG Support Hub) 4: HPV OR Human Papillomavirus Vaccines: Other WHO and partner publications

This Library Guide is a collection of useful documents & evidence on the efficacy, effectiveness and impact of the HPV OR Papillomavirus vaccine to support NITAG members and other policy makers throughout Africa with making evidence-based recommendations

Other WHO publications

WHO guideline for screening and treatment of cervical pre-cancer lesions for cervical cancer prevention, second edition. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2021.

https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240030824

WHO vaccine position papers. Geneva: World Health Organization

https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0140673620300684?token=1F2E75E16B665A5D5419E9C1F430A09B6AF641C616BDEB3F077D05295B9F31ECED85C5470C3E46C36C4D96A15CBE5892&originRegion=eu-west-1&originCreation=20230417121601

WHO position paper process. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2020

www.who.int/publications/m/item/who-position-paper-process,

CDC Publications

CDC (2024). HPV Vaccination for everyone. https://www.cdc.gov/hpv/vaccines/index.html 

CDC (2021). HPV Vaccination Recommendations. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/hpv/hcp/recommendations.html

Petrosky, E., Bocchini Jr, J. A., Hariri, S., Chesson, H., Curtis, C. R., Saraiya, M., ... & Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2015). Use of 9-valent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine: updated HPV vaccination recommendations of the advisory committee on immunization practices. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep64(11), 300-304. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/wk/mm6411.pdf

Meites, E. (2019). Human papillomavirus vaccination for adults: updated recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report68http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6832a3

Dunne, E. F., Markowitz, L. E., Saraiya, M., Stokley, S., Middleman, A., Unger, E. R., ... & Iskander, J. (2014). CDC grand rounds: reducing the burden of HPV-associated cancer and disease. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep63(4), 69-72. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/wk/mm6304.pdf

Markowitz, L. E., Dunne, E. F., Saraiya, M., Chesson, H. W., Curtis, C. R., Gee, J., ... & Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2014). Human papillomavirus vaccination: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR Recomm Rep63(RR-05), 1-30. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/rr/rr6305.pdf

Senkomago, V., Duran, D., Loharikar, A., Hyde, T. B., Markowitz, L. E., Unger, E. R., & Saraiya, M. (2017). CDC activities for improving implementation of human papillomavirus vaccination, cervical cancer screening, and surveillance worldwide. Emerging infectious diseases23(Suppl 1), S101. doi: 10.3201/eid2313.170603

UNICEF

Bruni, L., Saura-Lázaro, A., Montoliu, A., Brotons, M., Alemany, L., Diallo, M. S., ... & Bloem, P. (2021). HPV vaccination introduction worldwide and WHO and UNICEF estimates of national HPV immunization coverage 2010–2019. Preventive medicine144, 106399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106399

Waheed, D. E. N., Bolio, A., Guillaume, D., Sidibe, A., Morgan, C., Karafillakis, E., ... & Vorsters, A. (2023). Planning, implementation, and sustaining high coverage of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programs: What works in the context of low-resource countries?. Frontiers in Public Health11, 1112981. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1112981/full

UNICEF (2024). What to know about HPV vaccination. Answers to the most common questions about HPV and the HPV vaccine. https://www.unicef.org/eca/stories/what-know-about-hpv-vaccination

SABIN Vaccine Institute

GAVI

Joi, Priya (2025).  Six ways the HPV vaccine is saving lives. The HPV vaccine is now reaching millions of girls around the world. Here’s why that matters. Vaccines work, GAVI.  https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/six-ways-hpv-vaccine-saving-lives#:

GAVI (2025). Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Support. https://www.gavi.org/types-support/vaccine-support/human-papillomavirus