A three-year campaign to bring vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV) to low-income countries has prevented 1.4 million cervical cancer deaths, the vaccine alliance Gavi said Monday.

“An estimated 86 million girls are now protected against the leading cause of cervical cancer, thanks to a concerted three-year effort by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and lower-income countries,” the organisation said.

It added in a statement to mark World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day that “an estimated 1.4 million future deaths” had been prevented.

Cancer caused by HPV disproportionately affects low-income countries, which often lack screening services and access to treatment.

These countries accounted for 90 percent of the 350,000 cervical cancer deaths recorded in 2022, according to Gavi.

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