WHO supported the National Department of Health in the national plan to introduce Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination among girls in Grade 4 (9 years and above) in public schools.  Among the many joint activities carried out included an assessment to provide on the ground support, identify gaps in planning and high risk factors timely enough to allow remedial action and ensure success. The assessment was carried out from 18 to 27 February in all South Africa’s nine provinces. The NDOH launched the HPV vaccination campaign nationwide in Bloemfontein on March 12, 2014.