Shame, myths and needlephobia leave Ugandan women at high risk of preventable cancer

Cervical cancer is vaccine-preventable in 90% of cases. It also remains Uganda’s single most common cancer, affecting three times as many women and girls there than on global average. VaccinesWork finds out why.

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