Papillomavirus vaccine: a revolution in the fight against cervical cancer in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Christian Tague¹, Hermann Yokolo¹, Dujardin Makeda¹, Joshua Ekouo¹, Elie Kihanduka¹, Aymar Akilimali¹

Affiliations

PMID: 40787539
PMCID: PMC12333724
DOI: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000003492

Editorial

Papillomavirus vaccine: a revolution in the fight against cervical cancer in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Christian Tague et al. Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2025.

. 2025 Jun 25;87(8):4701-4703.

doi: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000003492. eCollection 2025 Aug.

Authors

Christian Tague¹, Hermann Yokolo¹, Dujardin Makeda¹, Joshua Ekouo¹, Elie Kihanduka¹, Aymar Akilimali¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of research, Medical Research Circle (MedReC), Goma, DR Congo.

PMID: 40787539
PMCID: PMC12333724
DOI: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000003492

No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Sponsorships or competing interests that may be relevant to content are disclosed at the end of this article. All authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Similar articles

Quality and usability of home-based record photos to assess vaccine coverage: A case study from the 2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo Vaccine Coverage Survey.
Kibeti DM, Hoff NA, Merritt S, Lulebo AM, Kasonga JN, Mvuama NM, Luhata CL, Nkamba DM, Otomba JS, El Mourid A, Cikomola AMW, Mukendi JC, Nimpa MM, Ishoso DK, Mudipanu AN, Manirakiza D, Rimoin AW, Kaba DK, Nyandwe JK, Danovaro-Holliday MC, Lusamba PD, Mafuta EM. Kibeti DM, et al. Vaccine. 2025 Jun 20;59:127248. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127248. Epub 2025 May 23. Vaccine. 2025. PMID: 40412332 Free PMC article.
How did health service utilization and delivery change during the COVID-19 pandemic? Frontline healthcare workers' perceptions from the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Bangladesh.
Altare C, Bates M, Crockett H, Gankpe GF, Hasan MA, Basadia LM, Agbogan JA, Petry M, Abaradine AAA, Tonon B, Bruneau S, Antoine C, Spiegel P. Altare C, et al. BMC Health Serv Res. 2025 Aug 8;25(1):1046. doi: 10.1186/s12913-025-13255-x. BMC Health Serv Res. 2025. PMID: 40781305 Free PMC article.
"We have to amplify what we saw at EBOVAC" - Assessing participant perceptions, attitudes, and acceptability of an ancillary care policy in an Ebola vaccine trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A mixed methods study.
Lemey G, Larivière Y, Milolo S, Zola Matuvanga T, Salloum M, Mitashi P, Van Damme P, Ravinetto R, Van Geertruyden JP, Muhindo-Mavoko H, Maketa V, Anthierens S. Lemey G, et al. PLoS One. 2025 Jun 24;20(6):e0325435. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0325435. eCollection 2025. PLoS One. 2025. PMID: 40554528 Free PMC article.
Effects of Pneumococcal Vaccination in Children Under Five Years of Age in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Systematic Review.
Nimpa MM, Ntambue A, Ngandu C, Danovaro-Holliday MC, Bita Fouda A, Cikomola AM, Mukendi JC, Mwamba D, Aluma ADL, Yapi MD, Nikiema JB, Hama Sambo B, Ishoso DK. Nimpa MM, et al. Vaccines (Basel). 2025 May 31;13(6):603. doi: 10.3390/vaccines13060603. Vaccines (Basel). 2025. PMID: 40573934 Free PMC article. Review.
Systematic review and meta-analysis of hepatitis C virus infection in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Muzembo BA, Akita T, Matsuoka T, Tanaka J. Muzembo BA, et al. Public Health. 2016 Oct;139:13-21. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2016.06.017. Epub 2016 Jul 20. Public Health. 2016. PMID: 27450441

See all similar articles

References

1. World Health Organization. WHO adds single-dose HPV vaccine. October 4, 2024. Accessed 21/03/2025. Available at: https://www.who.int/news/item/04-10-2024-who-adds-an-hpv-vaccine-for-sin...
1. Zhu Y, Wang H, Zhang B, et al. , (2025). Promoting HPV vaccination among adolescent girls in low-resource areas of China: A multi-centered qualitative study. Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2025;21:2521940. - PMC - PubMed
1. World Health Organization. Cervical Cancer. March 5, 2024. Accessed 21/03/2025. Available at: https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/cervical-cancer
1. Bergman H, Buckley BS, Villanueva G, et al. Comparison of different human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine types and dose schedules for prevention of HPV-related disease in females and males. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2019;2019:CD013479. - PMC - PubMed
1. Wang R, Huang H, Yu C, et al. Current status and future directions for the development of human papillomavirus vaccines. Front Immunol 2024;15:1362770. - PMC - PubMed

Publication types

Actions

LinkOut - more resources

Full Text Sources
- Ovid Technologies, Inc.
- PubMed Central

Save citation to file

Email citation

Add to Collections

Add to My Bibliography

Your saved search

Create a file for external citation management software

Your RSS Feed

Papillomavirus vaccine: a revolution in the fight against cervical cancer in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Affiliation

Papillomavirus vaccine: a revolution in the fight against cervical cancer in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Authors

Affiliation

Conflict of interest statement

Similar articles

References

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources

Full Text Sources