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Malawi: Malawi Will Introduce Cervical Cancer Vaccine in January 2019
Nyasa Times, 13 December 2018
Ministry of Health and Population Servcces will embark on Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine from January 2019 to all nine-year-old girls across the country to prevent them from… Read more »
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Malawi: Beating Cancer Threat Through Early Detection
Malawi News Agency, 21 November 2017
After so many years of hesitation chained her to overwhelming fear, Maumsamatha Mbulu, 38, finally exorcised her ghosts by going for a cancer screening at Kanjuwi Primary School in… Read more »
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Malawi: First Lady Takes Cervical Cancer Awareness to Kasungu
Nyasa Times, 15 March 2018
First Lady Gertrude Mutharika on Wednesday took her cancer awareness initiative to Kasungu district in an effort to drum support for the reduction of deaths of women caused by… Read more »
Malawi Govt Tackles Highest Cervical Cancer Rate in the World
Dr Charles Mwansamb, Chief of Health Services in the Ministry of Health and Population Services, says the country has the highest rate of cervical cancer in the world, and the government will be implementing the vaccine with financial support from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
several countries are running human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV) vaccine projects with Gavi support.
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According to the World Health Organisation cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women. The high mortality rate from cervical cancer globally could be reduced through ... Read more »
