Time for action!

Cervical cancer is a preventable disease.

Cervical cancer can be prevented through vaccination with an HPV vaccine and cervical screening. HPV vaccines prevent the majority of cervical cancer cases.

Hundreds of millions of people have already received the HPV vaccine. Now is time to join them! You can protect yourself from developing cervical cancer later in life and help make sure that you have a happy and healthy future!

Today, you can talk to your parents, siblings, and friends about your interest in getting the HPV vaccine. :

• If you have questions, ask your teachers about the HPV vaccine’s safety and how it can protect you from cancer. Teachers and health workers are professionals who are trained to discuss the HPV vaccine with you and answer your questions and concerns without judgment.

• If you are in Kenya and are aged 10 years, then it is your time to get the HPV vaccine.

• Get two doses of the HPV vaccine, spaced 6 months apart if you are 10 years old.

• Once you have gotten the HPV vaccine, tell your friends and encourage them to do the same!

• Post online about the importance of the HPV vaccine for cervical cancer protection.