HPV Vaccination : Launching of Community-Based HPV Vaccination Program

The Community-Based HPV Vaccination Program was launched on Sunday, at the Myanmar Convention Center in Mayangone Township of Yangon Region.

Union Minister for Health Professor Dr. Thet Khaing Win attended the ceremony and made opening remarks, highlighting the ongoing nationwide vaccination for children and pregnant women, and emergency vaccination success during the 2025 Mandalay earthquake.

He added that the cervical cancer is the 2nd most common cancer among women in Myanmar, and thus, the HPV vaccination for girls aged 9 to 11 has been ongoing since 2023, with strong school-based coverage. He stressed that from 2026, Myanmar will expand HPV vaccination to girls aged 9 to 18 under the Multi-Age Cohort (MAC) program.

Yangon Region Chief Minister U Soe Thein also said that the collaboration has been made with monasteries, nunneries, orphanages, IDP camps, workplaces, and migrant communities to reach out-of-school girls. This was followed by screening of a video clip on community-based HPV vaccination, after which the attendees took a tour of an exhibition on Myanmar’s immunization milestones.

Officials also observed HPV vaccination for girls aged 9 to 11 and cervical cancer screening for women aged 30 to 49. It is reported that over 134,000 girls vaccinated in Yangon in 2023, over 57,000 in 2024 and over 58,000 in 2025 respectively.

The Ministry of Health stated that Myanmar continues to provide routine vaccinations for infants, pregnant women, and schoolchildren. It is leant that COVID-19 vaccines, and other essential vaccines, 13 types in total, cost the government around 10 million US dollar annually.