Merck has signed a donation agreement with the China Cancer Foundation for the Comprehensive Prevention and Control of Cervical Cancer in Low Health Resource Areas of China, focusing on accelerating the elimination of cervical cancer. Merck plans to donate a total of 81000 HPV vaccines to the China Cancer Foundation in the next two years, to provide free vaccination for approximately 27000 junior high school girls in Xiangyuan County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, Qin County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, Mang City, Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, Songpan County, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan Province, Shimian County, Ya'an City, Sichuan Province, and Taihe County, Fuyang City, Anhui Province.