Strengthening HPV Vaccine Confidence: Evidence, Communication, and Collaboration

JBI gLOCAL Solution Room 2026
📅 5 June 2026
📍 Bamendankwe Medicalized Health Bamenda, Cameroon 
🕘 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

What happens when misinformation spreads faster than evidence?

Vaccines have saved millions of lives, yet confidence in vaccination continues to be challenged by misinformation, misconceptions, and limited access to trustworthy information. In Cameroon, these challenges continue to affect efforts to prevent cervical cancer through HPV vaccination, despite strong evidence of the vaccine’s safety and effectiveness.

As part of gLOCAL Evaluation Week 2026, the JBI Effective Basic Service Africa Cameroon Centre and eBASE Africa are convening a Solution Room on Strengthening HPV Vaccine Confidence: Evidence, Communication, and Collaboration.

Rather than focusing solely on the science of HPV vaccination, this Solution Room will explore how evidence reaches communities, who people trust, and what it takes to communicate health information in ways that are credible, accessible, and actionable.

Why This Matters

Cervical cancer remains one of the leading cancers affecting women in Cameroon. While HPV vaccination offers a powerful opportunity for prevention, confidence in the vaccine is increasingly shaped by information shared through social media, community networks, faith leaders, healthcare providers, and the media.

Building confidence, therefore, requires more than evidence alone. It requires trusted messengers, effective communication, community engagement, and collaboration across sectors.

This Solution Room provides a platform for stakeholders to examine the evidence, discuss the realities of misinformation, and identify practical approaches for strengthening public trust in HPV vaccination and other public health interventions.

What We Will Explore

• HPV infection, cervical cancer, and the role of vaccination in prevention
• How health misinformation spreads and influences decision-making
• Building trust in evidence and public health information
• The role of clinicians, journalists, community leaders, and faith leaders in promoting vaccine confidence
• Storytelling as a tool for increasing vaccine uptake and public engagement
• Practical approaches for strengthening evidence-based communication in Cameroon

Who Should Attend?

This event is designed for:

• Healthcare workers and clinicians
• Public health researchers
• Journalists and media professionals
• Community and civil society representatives
• Religious and traditional leaders
• Health communication specialists
• Policymakers and programme implementers
• Representatives from universities and training institutions

What Participants Can Expect

Participants will engage with evidence, hear diverse perspectives, examine real-world challenges, and co-create practical recommendations for improving communication around HPV vaccination and public health more broadly.

By the end of the day, participants will have:

• A stronger understanding of HPV vaccination and cervical cancer prevention
• Greater awareness of how misinformation spreads and how to respond to it
• Access to reliable sources of evidence and health information
• Practical strategies for strengthening trust in evidence within their communities and institutions
• Opportunities to build partnerships across health, media, and community sectors.

Join the Conversation

Addressing misinformation requires more than facts. It requires trust, dialogue, and collaboration.

Join us as we explore how evidence, communication, and collaboration can strengthen confidence in HPV vaccination and contribute to the prevention of cervical cancer in Cameroon.

Register here.