HPV campaign fails to reach targets

HPV campaign fails to reach targets

With women's reproductive health considered a stigmatized topic, for the longest time, cervical cancer remained sidelined in the national health policy. Recently, when the government finally decided to initiate an HPV vaccination campaign, public mistrust brought the drive to an unfortunate end. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), cervical cancer, which forms in the cervix, the lower part of the uterus, is the fourth most common ca…