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Today the federal government will be introducing the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine into the country’s immunization programme for girls between ages 9 and 14 years. The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a sexually transmitted Infection (STI) and has been implicated in over 90 per cent of cases of cervical cancer. It can also cause vaginal,…
Nigeria is about to roll out the HPV vaccine to millions of girls. Nobody knows better what that will spare them than the patients and survivors for whom the vaccine came too late.
Preparations are in top gear by experts for advocacy and initiatives towards the elimination of cervical cancer in the North-East geopolitical zone of the country. President of the Gynecologic Oncology Society of Nigeria (GOSON), Prof. Bala Audu, made the disclosure yesterday in Abuja, during a meeting with other experts, at the sidelines of the National…