Sierra Leone introduces HPV vaccine to protect girls from cervical cancer

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Freetown – In a move to protect adolescent girls from cervical cancer, the Government of Sierra Leone introduced the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine to the routine immunisation schedule and launched the start of a campaign to reach 153,991 girls with the vaccine. The introduction of HPV vaccine is one of the key strategies that the Government is implementing toward …