Thursday, December 14, 2006

Health: UN calls for funding for cervical cancer vaccine

United Nations health officials have said new vaccines against the virus that causes cervical cancer could save hundreds of thousands of women's lives in the developing world.


UN World Health Organization (WHO) Assistant Director-General for Health Technology and Pharmaceuticals Dr Howard Zucker told an international conference in London, that funding to make them available must be a priority.


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