South Africa: SA's Cancer Story | Amid the Many Challenges, There Are Also 'Major Wins' Such As That With Cervical Cancer
Presenting during a webinar on cervical cancer elimination, co-hosted by South Africa's National Department of Health on October 8, obstetrician gynaecologist Professor Helen Rees of the University of the Witwatersrand, put South Africa's current HPV vaccination coverage among the target group at 78%.
South Africa's incredible HPV vaccine programme South Africa launched its HPV vaccination programme in 2014 - a collaboration between the National Department of Health and the National Department of Basic Education - which today extends to include girls in public, private and independent schools, with some 3.
According to multiple sources, cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women in South Africa behind only breast cancer.
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