Uptake of the HPV vaccine has fallen as low as 50 percent

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Medical professionals say parents need to get their facts straight regarding the HPV vaccine.

300 Irish women get cervical cancer every year, and 90 of those women will die from the illness.

Uptake of the HPV vaccine has fallen as low as 50 percent from a high of 90 percent.

Doctor Mairead Byrne says girls shoudn’t delay in getting the vaccine