Watch the official launch of the Aotearoa HPV-related Cancer Prevention Roadmap: Achieving 90% Vaccination Coverage by 2030, held at New Zealand’s Parliament on 27 July, World Head and Neck Cancer Day 2026 and hosted by the Hon. Simeon Brown, Minister of Health.
Bringing together political leaders, health leaders, clinicians, researchers, community health providers and advocates, and people with lived experience, this landmark event marks a united call for national action to prevent HPV-related cancers through a concerted, goal-driven vaccination programme.
The Roadmap sets out a coordinated pathway to achieve 90% HPV vaccination coverage by 2030, with the goal of preventing future HPV-related cancers, reducing health inequities, and positioning Aotearoa New Zealand as a global leader in cancer prevention.
Presented by the Head and Neck Cancer Foundation Aotearoa, the Head and Neck Cancer Support Aotearoa, and the Sexually Transmitted Infections Education Foundation.
View the electronic version of the Roadmap:
Aotearoa HPV-related Cancer Prevention Roadmap -Roadmap first draft
RNZ article:
Vaccine-preventable HPV cancers cost country more than $130m in four years | RNZ
