India has launched the world’s largest HPV vaccination programme, offering free jabs to around 11.5 million 14-year-old girls each year to prevent cervical cancer.
More than 80 nonprofits across 119 countries have received $250 million in grants from Melinda French Gates to strengthen women’s health care and reproductive rights in underserved communities.
As the World Health Organization celebrates its 77th anniversary, let it be said that the South-East Asia Region has made considerable gains in improving health for children and mothers alike.
Tanzania has taken big steps forward when it comes to both maternal and child healthcare.
