By Bana Qabbani DUBAI // Expatriate schoolgirls are to be targeted by health officials aiming to increase the number of pupils who receive vaccinations for cervical cancer. Although uptake has been high among Emirati girls, officials say far fewer students from abroad have opted to take the treatment. Now in its fourth year, the school-based […]
Mafraq Hospital Launches Outreach Campaign to Educate Young Women about Cervical Cancer
– Cervical cancer ranked second most common cancer worldwide, but nearly all cases can be prevented – Fifty percent increase in Pap tests performed at Mafraq Hospital’s gynaecological clinic since campaign launched Abu Dhabi, UAE: April 3, 2011- Mafraq Hospital has recently launched an awareness campaign to educate young women about Cervical Cancer. […]
Human papillomavirus vaccine trials in India
The Lancet Volume 377, Issue 9767, Page 719, 26 February 2011 doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60270-5 Amit Sengupta a, Anjali Shenoi b, NB Sarojini c, Y Madhavi d SAMA (Sama Resource Group for Women and Health, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi India) Letter to the Editor in Response to Recent Lancet Article: Heidi Larson and colleagues in their Comment,1 and […]
New polio case traced to refusal
PESHAWAR, March 29: A new case of polio has been reported in the semi-tribal Frontier Region of Lakki Marwat, as parents continue to refuse vaccination of their children in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata. Deputy director of the Expanded Programme of Immunisation, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Dr Jan Baz Afridi told Dawn on Tuesday that an […]
News of Smallpox Outbreak in India Raises Fear
By Christina England Early this week news began to break of an outbreak of smallpox in Jharkhand India. Three people in Gumla were reported to have died of the infectious disease and another five people were reported to be ill. The local health department have immediately rushed in to see if the deaths were from […]
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