Ghana: Why Ghana’s HPV Vaccination Targets Ages 9-14

During a recent outreach session in Accra, two women approached me with questions that many Ghanaians have quietly been asking.

The first, Ama, was a confident young woman in her late 20s who had heard about the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign. “Doctor,” she asked, “why can’t I take it too? I’m a woman, and I want to protect myself from cervical cancer.”

Moments later, a mother named Esi approached with her 10-year-old daughter, who had just received the vaccine at school….