The Role of Girl Adolescents' Immunization in Eradicating Cervical Cancer in Rwanda by 2020

Background: Cervical cancer is one of the cancers that highly affect women today, and human papilloma virus is the virus that causes this cancer. By WHO 1 million of women is estimated to have this cancer and more than 80% of them live in low and middle income countries where Rwanda belongs. Even though this cancer is preventable at early age by immunization and can be treated at early stage. With this the government of Rwanda aimed at eradicating cervical cancer by 2020 by immunizing all adolescent girls with age between 11 and 15. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the role of Rwanda initiative of adolescent girls' immunization will have toward cervical cancer eradication by 2020 in Rwanda and prevention for future generations. Methods: Scientific literature review has been used with the WHO report, Ministry of Health and recent publications on cervical cancer. Results: HPV vaccination for girls reduces the possibility of developing cervical cancer later in life, in the initiative of adolescent girls' immunization aged between 11 and 15 started in 2011 by the Ministry of Health and in 2013 about 97% of girls were immunized. The program is eased by distributing vaccines through schools to minimize time going to hospitals. By the ministry statistics indicates that in 2011 and 2012 eligible girls vaccinated with three doses were 93.2 and 96.6% respectively and 2013 were 99.3% and are always recommended to be vaccinated and older ladies are recommended for early screening. With this showed that in 2020 Rwanda will be able to achieve the goal of cervical cancer eradication. Conclusion: Cervical cancer is preventable and treatable by early vaccination to young adolescents and screening to others, with the statistics indicates that Rwanda is achieving the eradication by 2020 and this will be by recommending young girls to be immunized and others screened early and this is an important initiative that can be used globally in low and middle income countries that is mostly affected.