The MA HPV Coalition began in 2015 as part of a CDC grant awarded to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Today, the Coalition is maintained by founding partners Team Maureen and Dana Farber Cancer Institute. The past 5 years have shown that we have a greater impact when we work together.

Our objectives are to:

• Engage and coordinate with groups and individuals working in HPV prevention

• Educate medical & dental providers using evidence based strategies

• Educate the community about the HPV cancer connection

• Advocate and fundraise for HPV-related cancer prevention work

• Support people and organizations doing HPV-related cancer prevention work across MA

• Be a resource and model for collaboration across specialties to effect change

The Coalition also has three subcommittees that meet monthly:

• the Oral HPV Task Force,
• the Health Equity Workgroup
• and the Cervical Cancer Work Group.