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NPHCDA gets 6m cervical cancer vaccine doses

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The vaccine is expected to prevent 12,000 new diagnoses and 8,000 lives lost yearly to cervical cancer in Nigeria., was received in readiness for its launch on October 24 to reduce the nation’s cervical cancer figure, which translates to 33 new cases and 22 deaths every day.NPHCDA’s Director General Faisal Shuaib told a media briefing, which was also attended by the Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control , Prof.

· “Nigeria alone contributes an estimated 12,075 new cases of global cervical cancer annually. HPV infection has been identified as a high-risk factor, implicated in 95 per cent of cervical cancer cases. · “This is why the introduction of the HPV vaccine is a beacon of hope in our relentless fight against the burden of cervical cancer.

 

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