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Kenya: Kisumu County to Reach 35,000 Girls With HPV Vaccine By 2020
Capital FM, 25 October 2019
Kisumu County has projected to reach 35,000 girls aged 10 years in the ongoing Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) immunization in the next one year. Read more »
Kenya Rolls Out Cervical Cancer Vaccination
The Human Papillomavirus vaccine that targets approximately 800,000, 10-year-old girls will be administered in two doses six months apart free of charge across the country. The vaccine is safe and aims at protecting adolescent girls against cervical cancer infection, according to Benda Kithaka, a civil society representative working with communities to eliminate cancer.
Health Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki witnesses the vaccination a 10 year old girl with HPV vaccine at Othaya Health Centre in Nyeri County on Thursday, October 24.
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Kenya: Kenya Launches Cervical Cancer Vaccine
Nation, 18 October 2019
The long-awaited launch of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination is expected to take place in Mombasa Friday. Read more »
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Kenya: Good News as Govt Rolls Out Cervical Cancer Vaccination
Nairobi News, 16 October 2019
The Ministry of Health will on Friday roll out the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) virus vaccine against cervical cancer in Mombasa county. Read more »
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