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Nigeria: HPV vaccine more effective when taken in early adolescence — PAN

Nigeria: HPV vaccine more effective when taken in early adolescence — PAN

Africa Links 24 with Sade Oguntola
Published on 2024-10-18 21:08:51

The Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN) has said that the single-dose HPV vaccine Nigeria introduced into its routine immunisation programme in October 2023 is more effective when it is taken in early adolescence.

Dr Foluso Balogun, a consultant paediatrician at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, and immunisation champion, disclosed a one-day school outreach on the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine in collaboration with the International Paediatric Association at the…

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