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Gabriela Galvin

The UK is rolling out a world-first vaccine for gonorrhoea. What about the rest of Europe?

In a world first, the United Kingdom is rolling out a vaccine to prevent gonorrhoea – but it is not likely to reach patients in mainland Europe anytime soon.

The jab will be offered through the UK's National Health Service (NHS) to people in England at high risk of contracting gonorrhoea, after a vaccine advisory committee concluded in 2023 that it could help reduce the country’s surge of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

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