{"entity":{"id":"eritrea-ministry-of-health","kind":"institution","name":"Ministry of Health, Eritrea","aka":["MoH Eritrea"],"tldr":"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.","asOf":"2026-11-11","links":[{"label":"Shabait: cervical cancer vaccination program underway nationwide (November 2022)","url":"https://shabait.com/2022/11/22/cervical-cancer-vaccination-program-underway-nationwide/"},{"label":"Shabait: raising awareness and promoting prevention to reduce the cancer burden (February 2024)","url":"https://shabait.com/2024/02/26/raising-awareness-and-promoting-prevention-to-reduce-the-cancer-burden/"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":["cervical"],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["orotta-referral-hospital"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"city":"Asmara","country":"ER","lat":15.339,"lng":38.933,"institutionType":"government","programs":["National HPV vaccination programme (from November 2022)","Cervical cancer awareness in schools"]},"route":"/institutions/eritrea-ministry-of-health/","neighbours":{"cancer":[{"id":"cervical","kind":"cancer","name":"Cervical cancer","route":"/cancers/cervical/"}],"institution":[{"id":"orotta-referral-hospital","kind":"institution","name":"Orotta National Referral Hospital","route":"/institutions/orotta-referral-hospital/"}]}}