Some of the 10 women and teenage girls who recently came to a medical clinic in eastern Venezuela for free contraceptives fidgeted a bit when a community health worker taught them how to use an IUD, condoms and birth control pills correctly. The health worker also asked what they knew about HPV, the most common sexually transmitted infection in the world and the cause of nearly all cervical cancer.
a public-private global alliance that helps poor countries procure vaccinations. Government officials said shipments were expected for 2023, but no shots were distributed then, and they are also not listed among those being offered during national vaccination week. The Ministry of Popular Power for Communication and Information did not respond to questions from the AP about the status of the vaccines, including reasons for the delay.
whose assistance is time-limited and requires government funding commitments, said in a statement that Venezuela “reconfirmed its ... intent” to introduce the HPV vaccine in November 2023. It did not answer the AP's question about when it expected the first shots to arrive, saying only that rolling out vaccines takes preparation time. The health ministry’s vaccination schedule still does not list the HPV vaccine.