GENEVA – How is it that Rwanda, among the world’s poorest countries – and still recovering from a brutal civil war – is able to protect its teenage girls against cancer more effectively than the G-8 countries? After just one year, Rwanda reported vaccinating more than 93% of its adolescent girls against the human papillomavirus (HPV) – by far the largest cause of cervical cancer.
日内瓦——刚刚从一场残酷内战中恢复、仍跻身世界最贫困国家之列的卢旺达究竟是怎样为十几岁的花季少女提供比G-8国家更有效的防癌保护？只用了短短一年时间，卢旺达就报告93%以上的少女接种了人乳头瘤病毒（HPV）疫苗——HPV病毒是宫颈癌最主要的致病元凶。全球最富有国家的疫苗接种率虽然不尽相同，但某些地区还不到30%。