How to halt Africa's next epidemic

• Autores: Linda Geddes
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2942, 2013, págs. 8-9
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This week sees the start of a program trialing the introduction of the cervical cancer vaccine in Ghana, and Niger and Madagascar will begin similar programs later this month. The vaccines are supplied by the GAVI Alliance, but countries will have to demonstrate that they can deliver them in limited areas before vaccination is rolled out more widely. Rwanda is expected to be the first African country to start offering vaccination to all teenage girls early next year. It is hoped that combining vaccination with other preventative measures like screening, and encouraging people to eat well and give up smoking, could make a serious dent in Africa's cancer death toll.