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Whatever happened to ... the global effort to wipe out cervical cancer with a vaccine?

NPR

By Fran Kritz

Published September 12, 2024 at 6:51 AM CDT

A schoolgirl receives a dose of HPV vaccine at a community health service center in Guiyang, Guizhou province, China.

A schoolgirl receives a vaccine injection during a vaccination campaign against the papillomavirus (HPV infection) at the Jean Moulin Middle School in Le Bouscat, southwestern France, on October 5, 2023. The French government has implemented a "generalized" free vaccination campaign in middle schools for fifth graders in order to curb the papillomavirus, responsible for over 6,000 new cases of cancer each year. (Photo by PHILIPPE LOPEZ / AFP) (Photo by PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

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