21 May 2025 – “Proteggi il domani”: Italian Students Use Rap to Promote HPV Vaccination
As part of the Joint Action PERCH (PartnERship to Contrast HPV), the Italian National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità – ISS) has launched a powerful and creative campaign to raise awareness about the importance of HPV vaccination. To mark European Immunization Week 2025, ISS unveiled “Proteggi il domani”
28 March 2025 – PERCH at EUROGIN 2025: To Improve HPV Vaccination Coverage Across Europe
PERCH at EUROGIN 2025: To Improve HPV Vaccination Coverage Across Europe At the EUROGIN 2025 conference in Porto on March 18th, Assist. Prof. Urška Ivanuš, MD, PhD, and lead of Work Package 2 (WP2), presented the latest developments from Project PERCH in the field of HPV communication. Her presentation, titled
13 January 2025 – PERCH General Assembly Highlights Achievements and Future Plans
PERCH General Assembly Highlights Achievements and Future Plans On December 9, 2024, the PERCH consortium gathered for its General Assembly in Paris, bringing together in-person and online participants from across Europe, including consortium members, Scientific Advisory Board members, and Governmental Advisory Board members. The meeting focused on reviewing project milestones,
19 November 2024 – Improving HPV vaccination coverage in Europe: The actions of the PERCH Member States
As part of Work Package 4 (WP4) Integration and Sustainability and Work Package 2 (WP2) Communication and Dissemination, the PERCH initiative aims to improve the capacity of European Member States (MS) to effectively plan and implement HPV vaccination actions and campaigns. Task 4.6 (WP4) focuses on the launch of vaccination
7 November 2024 – The session on Cervical Cancer Elimination, organized in partnership with EU-TOPIA-EAST, PERCH, WHO, and ECL, was a successful and engaging event on the UICC World Cancer Congress digital program
The UICC World Cancer Congress recently hosted a digital session titled “Cervical Cancer Elimination: Local and European Experiences for Global Learnings.” This session addressed the urgent need to eliminate cervical cancer, a preventable disease that still claims the lives of women worldwide due to significant disparities in healthcare access and
11 October 2024 – Prevent Human Papillomavirus infections. The European Joint Action “PartnERship to Contrast HPV (PERCH)” and the training path remotely for health personnel – ISS News
Human Papilloma infections prevention. The european Joint Action partnERschip to contrast HPV (PERCH) and e-lerning for the health professionals – Papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the most common sexually transmitted infection (in both sexes). Vaccines against HPV have been available since 2006 and although they have been progressively introduced in
13 June 2025 – PERCH General Assembly. Final Results.
PERCH GENERAL ASSEMBLY Final Results Timing: 13th June 2025, 09:00 – 15:00 CET Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome Photogallery Download AGENDA
12 June 2025 – EU4Health Projects on HPV: Final Results. What’s the Next?
EU4Health Projects on HPV: Final Results. What’s the Next? June 12th, 2025 organized by ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ National Center for Global Health as part of the project Partnership to Contrast HPV-PERCH Photogallery Download AGENDA
11 June 2025 – PERCH WP2 final face-to-face meeting Presentation of National HPV communication strategies
PERCH WP2 final face-to-face meeting Presentation of National HPV communication strategies Date: 11th of June Location: Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy Photogallery Download AGENDA
19 Aprile 2024 – PERCH WP2 meeting
The PERCH WP2 meeting produced valuable results On 24 and 25 April 2024, health and communication experts from the PERCH partner countries met in person in Ljubljana and via Zoom. The main purpose of the PERCH WP2 meeting was to facilitate discussions and collaboration between the participating countries on the
20 November 2023 – Fourth meeting – Strengthen awareness on the benefits of HPV vaccination starting in schools
On 17 November 2023 PERCH met students, teachers and parents from some schools in Basilicata participating in the Project to address aspects relating to HPV and its prevention.
The meetings will also continue in other Italian regions involved in the PERCH project.
20 November 2023 – Third meeting – Strengthen awareness on the benefits of HPV vaccination starting in schools
On 13 November 2023 PERCH met students, teachers and parents from some schools in Puglia participating in the Project to address aspects relating to HPV and its prevention.
The meetings will also continue in other Italian regions involved in the PERCH project.
