Historical Organization
Ministry of Health of Rwanda
Ministry of Health of Rwanda
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Organization Timeline
Rwanda launches its national HPV vaccination campaign
📅 26 April 2011A ceremony at Kanyinya marked the start of vaccination for school-age girls.
Rwandan girls receive HPV vaccine
📅 26 April 2011The opening campaign offered protection against infection associated with cervical cancer.
Schools and community workers support prevention
📅 26 April 2011Local outreach helped reach eligible girls, including those absent from school.
An African country pioneers national HPV immunization
📅 26 April 2011The launch began a programme whose success required several doses and follow-up.
Rwanda launches a cervical cancer plan
📅 1 February 2025Mission 2027 set out a national strategy to expand HPV vaccination, screening and treatment.
Rwanda combines prevention and early diagnosis
📅 1 February 2025The plan targeted vaccination for girls and screening for adult women.
Cancer treatment belongs in the elimination goal
📅 1 February 2025Rwanda’s strategy included timely care for women with precancer or cancer.
Mission 2027 is an ambition, not a completed result
📅 1 February 2025The ministry announced its goal of eliminating cervical cancer as a public health problem by 2027.