Health system factors influencing uptake of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine among adolescent girls 9-15 years in Mbale District, Uganda

• Main Authors: Juliet Nabirye (Author), Livex Andrew Okwi (Author), Rebecca Nuwematsiko (Author), George Kiwanuka (Author), Fiston Muneza (Author), Carol Kamya (Author), Juliet N. Babirye (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Globally, cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women with more than 85% of the burden in developing countries. In Uganda, cervical cancer has shown an increase of 1.8% per annum over the last 20 years. The availability of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine pres...