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Mexico Expands 2025 HPV Vaccination Drive to Include Boys With 2.5 Million-Dose Target

Officials tout early progress, using a single‑dose nonavalent vaccine to speed protection against HPV‑linked cancers.

Overview

  • Health Secretary David Kershenobich formally reinforced the nationwide campaign at the Nov. 4 presidential briefing.
  • Authorities report 960,548 doses applied in 2025 so far, reaching 42.6% of the annual goal, and 2,229,617 doses since 2024.
  • The program explicitly adds boys to school‑age cohorts and prioritizes unvaccinated adolescents 12–16, people 11–49 living with HIV, and adolescents 9–19 receiving care after sexual violence.
  • Mexico is using the nonavalent HPV vaccine with a single‑dose schedule for school‑age groups, while people living with HIV receive a three‑dose regimen.
  • Vaccination is free in public schools, health centers and hospitals through December, in alignment with WHO and PAHO elimination strategies.