A health ministry panel agreed on Monday to give women free vaccinations against the human papillomavirus, or HPV, the main cause of cervical cancer, if they missed the country’s free vaccination program.
The special “catch-up” measure is expected to start in the next fiscal year, from April, or later for women who passed the eligible ages without taking free HPV vaccines while the government suspended its active recommendation of the program.
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