COVID-19 Impact on Teen Vaccination:

The Unity Consortium surveyed 600 parents and 300 teens in Aug. & Sep. Results support the important need for parents and health systems to bring in adolescents for check-ups and immunizations.

Now Posted:

The October We’re In! 2020 webinar and slides are posted. Learn HPV QI tips and hear the latest data & scientific updates. Slides can be accessed here.

Promising Practices for Adolescent Vaccination During COVID-19:

A new resource summarizes field evidence from health systems and front line immunizers as to how they’re adapting practices to the pandemic.

2019 HPV Rates Released:

CDC published new 2019 data showing  improved HPV coverage compared to 2018. Improvements in ≥1 dose HPV and HPV UTD vaccination coverage were observed among females and males. In addition, more teens began HPV vaccination on time (by age 13 years).

WHO Announces Adoption of Global Strategy to Eliminate Cervical Cancer as a Public Health Problem:

An August 2020 Resoultion urges  strategic and bold action to scale up and sustain prevention through HPV vaccination; screening and treatment of pre-cancerous lesions; and management of invasive cervical cancer, including access to palliative care, to eliminate cervical cancer once and for all.

Vaccination Clinics During COVID-19:

The CDC has issued new guidance for temporary immunization delivery. 

Getting Vaccination Back on Track:

It’s all-systems-go to get adolescent vaccination back on track this fall.  We’ve got new tools & videos to help. 

The National HPV Vaccination Roundtable

The National HPV Vaccination Roundtable is a coalition of over 70 national organizations working at the intersection of immunization and cancer prevention to raise HPV vaccination rates and prevent HPV cancers.