Health experts have lamented the limited access to the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV), due to high cost and poor awareness, stressing that it was putting Nigerian women at risk of cervical cancer.
A regenerative medicine specialist and head of Reproductive and Sexual Health, at Nisa Premier Hospitals, Amina Isah, stated that cervical cancer has remained one of the major causes of fatality among women despite being 100 percent preventable.
She regretted that the burden was more prevalent among the rural populace who cannot afford the cost of the vaccine or treatment services. He, therefore, called on the government to make the services free for the populace.
The health expert made this known Wednesday at an event organized by Nisa Premier Hospitals to mark the 2023 International Women’s Day.
