Vaccine battle against cancer-causing HPV thwarted by cost, stigma in Venezuela

Venezuelan Glorimar Montano saved up for months to pay the $120 for a single dose of the vaccine that protects against the cancer-causing HPV virus -- a shot that is free and compulsory in most other countries.

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