Women must be vaccinated against this serious disease

Causes 310,000 deaths each year

Experts in cancer prevention believe that a vaccine that protects girls from the virus that causes cervical cancer is a "necessary" health tool and that it should be made available on as widely as possible, according to Reuters.

According to data from the International Agency for Research on Cancer of the World Health Organization, about 570,000 new cases of cervical cancer have appeared in the world in 2018, making it the fourth most common cancer in women.

Cervical cancer kills 310,000 women each year, most of them in poor countries where the rate of vaccination with human papillomavirus (HPV) is low.

Some advocates for immunization in rich countries persuade some parents to refuse to vaccinate their daughters, putting them at risk, said the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

"Unsupported rumors about HPV vaccines continue to delay or hinder its spread on a larger scale," said Elisabetta Vederbas, director of the agency in a statement.

She added that the agency was committed to fighting cervical cancer and that she "unequivocally asserted the effectiveness and safety" of the vaccination by injection against HPV.

In a statement released last week, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) urged the World Health Organization (WHO) to continue to support vaccination against the virus and announced its goal of vaccinating 40 million girls in the poorest countries by 2020.

The coalition said it would avoid about 900,000 deaths.