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Fast fact #61

#61: The UK's programme to vaccinate girls against HPV was launched in 2008. In its first three years, more than 65 per cent of girls born between 1 September 1990 and 31 August 1998 completed the three-dose course.

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Source: Department of Health
http://immunisation.dh.gov.uk/annual-hpv-vaccine-coverage-in-england-in-201011-report/
Originally published in Big Picture: Careers From Biology
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Education-resources/Teaching-and-education/Big-Picture/All-issues/Careers/index.htm

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