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From Awareness to ACTion Study: Improving Human Papillomavirus Knowledge, Screening, and Vaccine Uptake in Adolescent-Mother Pairs in the HOMINY study in Nigeria.

2026-02-03 sexual and reproductive health Title + abstract only
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IntroductionPersistent infection with high-risk Human Papillomavirus (hr-HPV) in women is a leading cause of cervical cancer, and its co-infection among people living with HIV (PLHIV) increases the risk of HPV-associated cancer, including oropharyngeal and anogenital cancers. In sub-Saharan Africa, awareness of HPV is limited, screening and vaccine adoption are critically low, undermining efforts toward sexually transmitted infection (STI) elimination. MethodsFrom Awareness to ACTion (FACT) stu...

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