Cervical cancer prevention in Ghana
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چکیده
Cervical cancer is the second most common and responsible for nearly 10% of all deaths among women in country.1 It estimated that about 3000 occur annually, more tragically, many these can be prevented with a well-instituted preventive programme. has been linked infec-tion some Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) species than 95% cases. HPV family 150 species, but few them have cer-vical, vulval vaginal women; penile men; throat, mouth anal both men – so-called high-risk types.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Ghana Medical Journal
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['0855-0328']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v56i3.1