71,000 annual deaths to be averted as FG begins vaccination against cervical cancer

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Ali Pate, the Minister of Health and Social Welfare

The Federal Government is to begin the administration of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination against cervical cancer, from September 25, 2023. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says vaccination against cervical cancer could avert 71,000 deaths among Nigerian women yearly. The vaccine will

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