Tanzania: Under-Vaccinated Girls Risk Contracting Cervical Cancer

THE government introduced a human papilloma virus (HPV), vaccine last year as part of the routine immunisation programme targeting girls aged 14 to protect them against cervical cancer.

Statistics show that Tanzania is among the African countries with the highest cases of cervical cancer with about 50,000 women contracting the disease annually.

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