Nigeria has made the HPV vaccine available to girls 9-14 in ALL 36 states!
Congratulations to CCFN Ambassador Dr. Zainab Bagudu on her appointment as president-elect of the Union for International Cancer Control!
Former President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo appointed as Ambassador to the CCFN campaign
No woman should die from cervical cancer.
Cervical cancer is preventable.
More than 95% of cervical cancers can be prevented with the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine, which has existed for over a decade and is used routinely in many high-income countries
The HPV vaccine is still not widespread in low- and middle-income countries, but even when it is available, a general lack of knowledge about vaccine-preventable diseases like cervical cancer results in low uptake of the HPV vaccine.
>> Cervical cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death among Nigerian women, killing 11,000 Nigerian women per year.
That means one Nigerian woman dies of cervical cancer every hour.
a grassroots initiative to eliminate cervical cancer from Nigeria
by educating children, parents, and the wider public about how to prevent cervical cancer with the HPV vaccine
The “Doctor Obi” comic book
An innovative educational tool for teaching children & families about cervical cancer and the HPV vaccine
In late 2019, Global Oncology and its partners in Nigeria distributed the “Doctor Obi” comic book to 5,000 students in Lagos and Rivers states through educational assemblies.
“Doctor Obi” animatic video (10 min)
With the pandemic,
we pivoted.
With the myriad challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, we had to adapt. Since piloting the “Doctor Obi” comic book, we’ve continued our momentum by convening an impressive array of Campaign Ambassadors and developing a range of digital media products, including the “Doctor Obi” animatic video, which uses Nigerian voice actors to bring the comic book to life.
