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HPV vaccines, 20 years on

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I thank T. Trimble, M. Saville, K. Simms and K. Miller for reviewing a draft of this Comment.

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K.C. is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Australia Investigator Grant (no. 2042647). She has supported the WHO on global elimination planning and global guidelines for cervical screening. She is co-principal investigator of an investigator-initiated trial of cervical screening, “Compass”, run by the Australian Centre for Prevention of Cervical Cancer (ACPCC), which is a government-funded not-for-profit charity. The trial has received support from the Australian government and the ACPCC has received equipment and a funding contribution from Roche Molecular Diagnostics. She is a lead on an implementation program, EPICC, mentioned in this Comment, which has received support from the Australian government and the Minderoo Foundation and equipment donations from Cepheid and Microbix.

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Canfell, K. HPV vaccines, 20 years on. Nat Med 32, 1583–1585 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-026-04374-x

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