HPV vaccination commences

ZIMBABWE yesterday launched a nationwide Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) immunisation programme targeting teenage girls, becoming the eighth country to roll out the exercise in Africa.

The week-long programme was launched in various parts of the country as part of the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s recommended preventive measures against cervical cancer.

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women with 99% of cases associated with HPV infection.

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