Consult with your personal physician about the recommended HPV vaccine.
Locations across Chatham County that offer no-cost vaccines or can help the underinsured and uninsured connect with those resources include:
For more information about these and other providers, visit the HERO database, click “health care,” and select “low-cost medical services.”
Under the one-year HPV Vaccination Equity Initiative grant, Community Health Advocates (CHAs) will be trained to share information about the benefits of the HPV vaccine and help connect community members with healthcare providers that provide the vaccine. Additionally, the CHAs will provide information to uninsured and underinsured about free or low-cost programs offering HPV vaccines, which help protect individuals ages 9 to 45 against certain cancers, including cervical, vaginal, vulvar, anal, and oral.
If you want to become a Community Health Advocate or learn about the CHA program, visit https://healthysavannah.org/2021/07/09/community-advocate-program/.
For more information about the HPV Vaccination Equity Initiative, email Patricia Merritt at [email protected].
February 6, 2025 – The Chatham County Health Department and Healthy Savannah are hosting a cervical cancer awareness and screening event on February 20. Eligible women can get cancer screenings and HPV vaccinations at no cost, and no appointment is required. Almost all cervical cancers are preventable, but vaccination and
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May 29, 2024 (SAVANNAH, GA) If you had the power to prevent certain cancers in your family members, would you? That’s the question Healthy Savannah is asking in a new outreach campaign intended to promote awareness and acceptance of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine vaccine in Savannah’s Black and Hispanic communities. Cervical
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Creating Healthier Communities (CHC) announced three new partnerships addressing cervical cancer prevention efforts in Augusta, Macon, Savannah, and the surrounding counties. The multi-faceted collaboration, consisting of community-based nonprofit organizations, community leaders, local corporations and health centers will reach community members with primary prevention information related to human papillomavirus (HPV) and
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