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FILE: The department is set to vaccinate around 400,000 pupils across the country. Picture: EWN

Preventing cervical cancer

Cervical cancer vaccination on the way for SA pupils

By Nomsa Mdhluli

The Department of Health is intensifying the fight against cervical cancer from a young age.

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