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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10682
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) healthcare

ECDC says not enough girls vaccinated for genital warts

Brussels, 05/09/2012 (Agence Europe) - In a report published on 5 September, the European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC) in Stockholm called for vaccination of young girls against the human papillomavirus (HPV or genetic warts), which are the main cause of cancer of the uterus, the second most frequent cancer among women. The report updates the ECDC's 2008 vaccination guidelines for vaccination programmes in 19 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece,...

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