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HPV vaccination looks attractive in developing countries
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Cervical cancer is a "tragic example of inequality in global health", says Sue J Goldie from Harvard School of Public Health, US, and colleagues.1 Although the risk of genital infection with high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) types is high in both rich and poor countries, the risk of dying from cervical cancer is "disproportionately borne by women in developing countries", they add.
However, HPV vaccines are costly, and although manufacturers have expressed a willingness to provide HPV vaccines at much lower costs for developing countries, these prices are "not yet known", say Goldie and ...
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