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Research: Lack of awareness on HPV driving up cervical cancer cases

A new study has revealed that students training to be teachers have little information about a sexually transmitted disease that increases women's risk of contracting cervical cancer.

The survey results presented at the just concluded Kemri (Kenya Medical Research Institute) Annual Scientific and Health Conference found that knowledge about vaccination for the human papilloma virus (HPV) was low among students in three teacher training colleges in Nyeri.

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