Doha – November 16, 2024: Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) have published a scientific study probing the awareness and attitudes of students in Qatar to the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) infection and its vaccine.
The research team, which included members of WCM-Q’s Institute for Population Health (IPH) and four WCM-Q medical students, recruited 398 students from seven Education City universities to complete questionnaires to determine their knowledge, perceptions and attitudes towards the vaccine and the virus, which is widely prevalent and is a known risk factor for various cancers including cervical cancer. Cervical