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Between March and September 2019, Tshwane health workers tried to vaccinate 22 000 Grade 4 girls with two shots of an anti-cervical cancer vaccine. But they missed their target and only vaccinated 15 000 pupils.

with two shots of an anti-cervical cancer vaccine. But they missed their target and only vaccinated 15 000 pupils.to sign consent forms for their daughters to be vaccinated after the Covid-19 pandemic. But nurse Tebogo Seleka wants to win them over.

She talks to mothers about a human papillomavirus shot that will stop their girls from getting cervical cancer when they're older. Certain types of HPV cause cancer of the cervix.The Bhekisisa TV team travels to Hammanskraal near Tshwane, in Gauteng, to find out how Seleka is working to stop cervical cancer in her community.

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