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GARDASIL – Haiti, Zanmi Lasante

Zanmi Lasanté, a subsidiary of Partners in Health, organized a school-based anti-HPV campaign in 3 provinces of Haiti. St. Boniface Haiti Foundation, in partnership with MSD and the Haitian Ministry of Health, implemented a school-based anti-HPV vaccination in the southern region of Haiti.
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Objectives

The purpose of this program is to prevent and reduce the high burden of cervical cancer in Haiti through increased access to human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination. The specific objectives include:

  • Demonstrating feasibility and acceptance of HPV vaccination in select regions of Haiti.
  • Enabling local organizations and institutions in Haiti to gain operational experience in designing and implementing HPV vaccination projects.

MSD* joined with Zanmi Lasante, a well-known and highly regarded entity by the Haitian Ministry of Health and local population, in a two-year HPV vaccination program across three districts. The program was expected to vaccinate nearly 30,000 girls against certain HPV-related cancers and diseases. Vaccinations completed in 2016 to 2017 achieved a coverage rate of >93 percent for two doses.

To complement these efforts in Haiti, in early 2018 the St. Boniface Haiti Foundation initiated a school-based HPV vaccination program with donated doses of GARDASIL® [Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent (Types 6, 11, 16, and 18) Vaccine, Recombinant]. And, in combination with the program being conducted by Zanmi Lasante, a non-profit health care organization, health officials in Haiti plan to leverage the learnings from this program in the development of a national vaccination program.

*MSD is known as Merck & Co., Inc. in the United States & Canada

Geographic Reach
  • Americas
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Disease Area
  • Infectious and Parasitic Disease
  • Non-communicable diseases
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Target Population
  • Women
  • People with low incomes
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Private Foundation or Development Organization

Zanmi Lasante

St. Boniface Haiti Foundation

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Geographic Reach

Americas

  • Haiti

Disease Area

Infectious and Parasitic Disease

  • Human Papillomavirus

    Non-communicable diseases

    • Cancer
      • Cervical Cancer
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