A longside ailments resulting from hepatitis B, cervical cancer has a strong claim to be the world’s deadliest vaccine-preventable disease. Most illnesses for which effective vaccines for children are widely available no longer threaten public health. But in 2020, 14 years after the advent of a jab that prevents almost all cases, cervical cancer still killed 342,000 women. If take-up of the vaccine rose—a goal about which there are new grounds for hope—this cancer could be nearly eliminated.
宫颈癌引起的远有疾病，宫颈癌强烈声称是世界上最致命的疫苗预防疾病。有效的儿童疫苗被广泛使用的大多数疾病不再威胁到公共卫生。但是在2020年，在防止所有病例的刺戳出现后的14年后，宫颈癌仍然杀死了342,000名妇女。如果接种疫苗的接种升起（这是有希望的新目标），则该癌症几乎可以消除。
This article appeared in the Graphic detail section of the print edition under the headline “Low-hanging fruit”
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Chart sources: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; WHO; UNICEF; HPV Information Centre; The Economist
图表来源：伦敦卫生与热带医学学院；WHO;联合国儿童基金会；HPV信息中心；经济学家
