![Dr Lucy Jessop said: “We, in Ireland, have the gender-neutral programme so we vaccinate our boys as well as our girls, so that has in the modelling led to us decreasing the time when we will be able to eliminate cervical cancer.” Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin <p>Dr Lucy Jessop said: “We, in Ireland, have the gender-neutral programme so we vaccinate our boys as well as our girls, so that has in the modelling led to us decreasing the time when we will be able to eliminate cervical cancer.” Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin</p>](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7701/3850897_15_dashboardbig_CC_207TH_20MAY_20COVID_20UPDATE5_1_.jpg)
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