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Cancer group slate vaccine u-turn 06.11.08

DONEGAL Action for Cancer Care (DACC) have described their "shock and sadness" following the Government's u-turn on the cervical cancer vaccine for young women.
The Department of Health on Tuesday reversed its decision to offer the life-saving HPV vaccine to 26,000 12 year olds next September, because of the State's mounting financial crisis.
DACC last night said the row-back did not make "economic or moral sense".
"In Minister Harney's own words 'the cervical screening program has the potential to cut mortality from cervical cancer by up to 90%'," said DACC chairwoman Betty Holmes.
She referred to an official report that found the vaccine would be "cost-effective,
weighing up the cost of administering the vaccine versus its effectiveness in preventing cervical cancer".
"We are asking what price the Government is putting on saving lives. This does not make economic or moral sense.
"We are calling on our Government to reconsider this and are asking our politicians to
support this call," added Ms Holmes.
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