Professor Glenda Gray is no stranger to fighting for policies based on scientific evidence. In this interview with Spotlight last year, she recalls an altercation with a health minister in a bathroom at the presidential residence in the era of #AIDS-denialism:…

Credit where due👏:"With a decade of cervical cancer vaccination under our belts, most girls and women between the ages of 10 and 20 living in South Africa should now be vaccinated against HPV.  The vaccine has been given to grade 5 girls that are age 10 turning 11 since 2020..."

THREAD | MPOX UPDATE: In Africa, from January 2024 to 5 January 2025, 14 700 confirmed mpox cases, including 66 deaths have been reported by 20 countries.

The South African government now aims to increase #HPV vaccination coverage to 90%, as part of global efforts spearheaded by the World Health Organization to eliminate #cervicalcancer by 2030. Read more in our story:

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