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	Podcast:		Cancer Research UK
	Episode:		India’s journey to rolling out the HPV vaccine
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:18:32
	Publish Date:		2021-12-09 03:00:07
	Description:		Globally, cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women - 99% of cases worldwide are caused by a few high-risk strains of a common virus called human papillomavirus and in many countries around the world, people are given a vaccine to prevent HPV at an early age. Despite data from countries like Sweden and the UK showing that vaccination programmes reduce cervical cancer rates dramatically, there are still countries - such as the USA - that don't have universally accessible programmes. We hear from Public Health researcher Dr Ishu Kataria to find out what she and her team are doing in their quest to have more than 70 million girls in India vaccinated to reduce the rates of cervical cancer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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