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Low HPV vax rates missed opportunity to address health inequities
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Low HPV vax rates missed opportunity to address health inequities
Monday 21 October 2024, 04:35 PM

HPV vaccination rates are below target, making the push to close gaps and reduce cancer rates critical [Image: PhotoLibrary]
With over $150 million spent on HPV-related cancers in three years, improving HPV vaccination rates would cut costs and save lives, write Amelia Jenkinson, Cathy Stephenson and Swee Tan
“Other countries, including Australia, are achieving herd immunity through a high HPV vaccination rate”
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- Win Myint TT, McIvor N, Douglas R, et al. Incidence, trends and survival of oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2006–2020. Cancer Epidemiol 2023;85:102393