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Wed 11 Nov 2008Government gives up cervical cancer vaccine plan
THE GOVERNMENT has abandoned a plan announced just three months ago to have all 12-year-old girls vaccinated against a virus that causes cervical cancer, citing "very scarce" health resources.
Minister for Health Mary Harney said yesterday that the economic situation had "rapidly and seriously" deteriorated since the plan was announced in August.
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