Code
3F028110
Duration
01 October 2010 → 30 September 2014
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Medical and health sciences
- Endocrinology and metabolic diseases
- Gynaecology and obstetrics
- Morphological sciences
- Oncology
- Endocrinology and metabolic diseases
- Gynaecology and obstetrics
- Morphological sciences
- Oncology
- Public health care
- Public health sciences
- Public health services
- Social medical sciences
- Nursing
- Endocrinology and metabolic diseases
- Gynaecology and obstetrics
- Morphological sciences
- Oncology
Keywords
prevention
vaccination
acceptability
cervical cancer
Project description
Cervical cancer, caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV), is responsable for almost 500,000.00 deaths a year most victims live in Sub-Saharan Africa. With the invention of the HPV vaccine, primary prevention became possible, next to secondary prevention techniques. Before implementing large-scale vaccination programmes however, acceptability of the vaccine by the target group needs to be assessed to guarantee high coverage.