Pakistan, Oct. 2 -- Every day in Pakistan, eight women lose their lives to cervical cancer, an entirely preventable disease. If effective measures are not taken, the burden of this disease is expected to triple over the next 70 years.

These stats were shared by the Consultant and Faculty of Infectious Diseases at Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital and Research Center, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Dr Muneeba Ahsan Syeed, on Wednesday, said a statement.

She was addressing a seminar 'HPV vaccine: separating facts from fiction', jointly organized by the Department of Microbiology and the Association of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, and the event was held at the KU's Pharmacy Auditorium.

Dr Muneeba Syeed explained that it...