Challenges to human papillomavirus vaccination among young girls in Morocco: A national cross-sectional study

Touria Essayagh; Meriem Essayagh; Housnia Slibani; Soukayna El Hachimi; Kaoutar Nmila; Khaoula Addakiri; Rehmatullah Zadran; Sanah Essayagh

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0347783

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Challenges to human papillomavirus vaccination among young girls in Morocco: A national cross-sectional study

Touria Essayagh,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Hassan First University of Settat, Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Santé, Laboratoire des Sciences et Ingénierie Biomédicales, Biophysique et Santé, Settat, Morocco
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Meriem Essayagh,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des produits Alimentaires, Meknès, Morocco
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Housnia Slibani,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Hassan First University of Settat, Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Santé, Laboratoire des Sciences et Ingénierie Biomédicales, Biophysique et Santé, Settat, Morocco
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Soukayna El Hachimi,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Hassan First University of Settat, Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Santé, Laboratoire des Sciences et Ingénierie Biomédicales, Biophysique et Santé, Settat, Morocco
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Kaoutar Nmila,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Hassan First University of Settat, Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Santé, Laboratoire des Sciences et Ingénierie Biomédicales, Biophysique et Santé, Settat, Morocco
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Khaoula Addakiri,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Hassan First University of Settat, Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Santé, Laboratoire des Sciences et Ingénierie Biomédicales, Biophysique et Santé, Settat, Morocco
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Rehmatullah Zadran ,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: rt.zadran2025@gmail.com

Affiliation National Infectious Diseases Hospital Laboratory, Kabul, Afghanistan

https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4603-620X

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Sanah Essayagh

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Hassan First University of Settat, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Laboratoire Agroalimentaire et Santé, Settat, Morocco
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Challenges to human papillomavirus vaccination among young girls in Morocco: A national cross-sectional study

Touria Essayagh,
Meriem Essayagh,
Housnia Slibani,
Soukayna El Hachimi,
Kaoutar Nmila,
Khaoula Addakiri,
Rehmatullah Zadran,
Sanah Essayagh

Published: May 20, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0347783

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