Vaccine Hesitancy Beyond COVID-19: Lessons for Pakistan’s Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Rollout

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  • Naeem Mubarak Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lahore University of Biological and Applied Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan. Author
  • Fatima Rahman Rana Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lahore University of Biological and Applied Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan. University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England, UK Author
  • Momina Areej Mughal Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lahore University of Biological and Applied Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan. Author
  • Muhammad Ahsan Waqar Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lahore University of Biological and Applied Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan. Author

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https://doi.org/10.65406/2.2/1-2/2025

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2025-12-31

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