For women in Mongolia, cervical and breast cancers are among the four most common cancers, the other two being liver and stomach cancers. In Mongolia, nearly 300 women lost their lives to the cancer every year- one in every 12 women dies of cervical cancer. Currently, a total of 3400 women diagnosed with cervical cancer are under observation in National Cancer Center.

Almost all cervical cancers are caused by HPV (human papillomavirus)– a link that was proven more than 20 years ago by Cancer Research UK scientists.

Mongolia tested a vaccination rollout against cervical cancer in 2011-2012 and over 10 thousand women get 1-3 HPV vaccine doses. According to study, more than 75 percent of them were protected from cervical cancer.

Therefore, Health Ministry of Mongolia has initiated to amend Law on Immunization for starting HPV immunization campaign in 2023. Mongolia can get 10 thousand doses of HPV vaccine by discounted price with support UNICEF.