Author: by Bernard Munyao KNA

HPV vaccination. In Kenya, cervical cancer remains the second most common cancer among women. This is despite it being the most preventable form of cancer.   Health officials have raised concerns over a drastic fall in the uptake of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine among girls.This trend, the health practitioners warned, could reverse progress made in the fight against cervical cancer.According to Murang’a County Vaccinations Coordinator Veronica Kang’ethe, less than a quarter of eligible girls in the county received the HPV jab in 2024.“Data shows that only 18.72 per cent of girls between ages 10 and 14 got the first dose (HPV1)…

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