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. 2017 Jun 8;4:22–25. doi: 10.1016/j.pvr.2017.06.003

Table 1.

Themes and findings on what works for HPV vaccination.

Preparation Ensure high-level political commitment.
Encourage inter-ministerial collaboration early, particularly for health, education, and finance.
Allow sufficient time for planning and micro-planning.
Communication Allow enough time for social mobilisation.
Use clear messaging, focusing on cancer prevention and how to be vaccinated.
Include face-to-face communication with credible influencers.
Respond quickly and thoroughly to rumours and negative media.
Use consent procedures that are consistent with routine immunisation.
Delivery Ensure availability of accurate population data or time and funds for enumeration.
Multiple delivery strategies could be useful within the same country.
Implement a two-dose rather than a three-dose HPV vaccination schedule if possible.
Use routine delivery approaches.
Use community health-workers to help identify missing and out-of-school girls.
Coverage Implement a two-dose vaccination schedule for higher completion rates.
Use school-based delivery to obtain high coverage.
If using grade-based delivery, consider including age in reporting forms.
Sustainability Ensure sufficient time and resources to calculate accurate costing estimates for national rollout of HPV vaccine and delivery.
Choose a delivery strategy that is feasible for national scale-up.
Advocate for sufficient funding to achieve successful national scale-up.