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Recommended by the World Health Organization, this vaccine is clinically proven to be one of the most effective preventive measures against the prevalence of cervical cancer and other HPV-associated cancers and chronic genital conditions. However, its uptake rate among women in Hong Kong is insignificant\u2014only approximately 2.9% adolescent girls and 9.7% female university students received HPV vaccination in 2014. 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