Evidence
that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program is preventing cervical
pre-cancer lesions in young women has been published for the first time as part
of a collaborative study between the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
(AIHW) and the Victorian Cytology Service (VCS). The
findings, in an article written by Dorota M. Gertig et al and published in the medical journal BMC Medicine, are the first
in the world to show that a population-based HPV vaccination program has
resulted in a fall in cervical abnormalities within five years of
implementation. (AIHW 27 November 2013)
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