Category: cancer prevention
Preventing Cervical Cancer in Cambodia: Evaluating the HPV Vaccination Demonstration Project
Cervical cancer claims the lives of a quarter of a million women every year with almost nine out of ten deaths occurring in developing countries. Cervical cancer is caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), a virus that can cause cancers in the mouth, throat, and reproductive tract, as well as genital warts. Safe and effective vaccines Read More >
Posted on byA Call for Action: Responding to the Tobacco Epidemic and the Price of Cigarettes
“Raising taxes to increase the price of tobacco products is the most effective means to reduce tobacco use and encourage smokers to quit.” – WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2013 Real People, Real Stories Mehmet Nuhoğlu started smoking when he was in middle school at the age of 12 after hearing that real Read More >
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