CHINA’S OTHER VACCINE DRIVE

A CITY IN INNER MONGOLIA PIONEERS FREE HPV SHOTS FOR THOUSANDS OF WOMEN

women seeking the jabs through the public health care system must pay around 329 RMB (51 USD) per shot and face up to 18-month waits, or pay thousands to skip the queues at private clinics.

HPV is a common and highly infectious virus that can cause cervical cancer, which kills over 300,000 women worldwide each year. China has one of the highest rates of cervical cancer in the world, with 100,000 women diagnosed with the disease in 2018, and 48,000 dying from