# Ministry of Health, Eritrea

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## TL;DR

Eritrea's health ministry. It began a nationwide vaccination programme against cervical cancer for girls aged 9 to 14 in November 2022 and runs cervical cancer awareness campaigns in schools.

## Summary

Eritrea's Ministry of Information reported that the Ministry of Health began a nationwide cervical cancer vaccination programme on 21 November 2022, at 1,382 schools, more than 300 health facilities, 250 temporary centres and 60 mobile facilities, expecting to vaccinate 300,000 girls aged 9 to 14. In February 2024 the Ministry, with the Ministry of Education, held a cervical cancer lecture for secondary school students at Orotta Referral Hospital. The Ministry's website (moh.gov.er) did not answer in November 2026. The coordinates are an approximate city point for Asmara.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-11
- Also known as: MoH Eritrea
- City: Asmara, ER
- Type: government

## Sources

- Shabait: cervical cancer vaccination program underway nationwide (November 2022): https://shabait.com/2022/11/22/cervical-cancer-vaccination-program-underway-nationwide/
- Shabait: raising awareness and promoting prevention to reduce the cancer burden (February 2024): https://shabait.com/2024/02/26/raising-awareness-and-promoting-prevention-to-reduce-the-cancer-burden/

## Connected records

- cancers: [Cervical cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/cervical/)
- institutions: [Orotta National Referral Hospital](https://onco.cc/institutions/orotta-referral-hospital/)

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