Cancer Fund: Regions must do better in accessing cervical cancer vaccine

The Public Health Agency recommends that women born between 1994 and 1999 get vaccinated against cervical cancer, with the aim of eliminating the disease in Sweden by 2028.

Eva Gudmundsdottir, who herself suffered from cervical cancer, is critical of the vaccination programme and believes greater investment is needed to make the vaccine available. She now wants to raise the issue to help others avoid the disease.

“I wouldn't have had to go through this if I had had three doses when I was younger,” she says.

The Cancer Foundation is also critical of the regions and believes they should do more to reach the target group.

“Most importantly, regions need to make sure these women are vaccinated this year. We’re trying to influence regional politicians to decide on different efforts,” says Sara Johansson, head of policy for the Cancer Foundation.

Many of them have been vaccinated in your county.

The vaccination rate against cervical cancer varies within Småland. In Kalmar County, approximately 61 percent of the target group has been vaccinated, which is one of the best in the entire country.

In Kronoberg, the figure is around 51 percent, and in Jönköping County only 44 percent have been vaccinated.

– We worked a lot with social media and advertised on buses to spread information about the vaccination, says Michael Aljovik, operations manager at the women's clinic in Västervik.

here You can see exactly how many people are vaccinated and unvaccinated in your county.