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Kenya Starts Vaccinating Girls Against Human Papilloma Virus

Rael Ombuor

   NAIROBI - Kenyan authorities have begun a mass vaccination of girls
   against the human papilloma virus, HPV, which causes cervical cancer.
   According to the World Health Organization, the East Africa region has
   the highest rate of cervical cancer in the world.

   Kenya officially launched its HPV vaccination program Friday in the
   coastal town of Mombasa.

   The vaccine will be administered free to all 10-year-old girls as part
   of the country's routine immunization schedule. Girls will get the
   vaccine in two doses, six months apart.

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