The indirect costs of vaccine-preventable cancer mortality in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

• DOI: 10.1080/13696998.2024.2384264
• Publication Date: 2024-07-24T13:39:02Z
• Authors: Goran Bencina; Dzhumber Ugrekhel...; Hayley Shoel; Edward Oliver; Anne Meiwald; Robert Hughes; Amanda Eiden; Georgie Weston
• Keywords: Hepatitis B; Liver Cancer

Background Infections are responsible for ∼13% of cancer cases worldwide, with human papillomavirus (HPV) and hepatitis B (HBV) among the infections associated which vaccines available. The aim this study was to estimate indirect cost premature mortality related cancers caused by HPV HBV in Middle East North Africa (MENA) countries.