Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a nationwide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination marketing campaign for 14-year-old women from Ajmer in Rajasthan.
The marketing campaign towards cervical most cancers was formally inaugurated at a programme held in Kayad, Ajmer, the place a number of women have been administered the vaccine.
The prime minister additionally interacted with the beneficiaries on the event.
Based on officers, a single-dose “Gardasil 4” vaccine, a quadrivalent HPV vaccine, will likely be used underneath the marketing campaign. The injection gives safety towards HPV sorts 16 and 18, that are liable for cervical most cancers, in addition to sorts 6 and 11. The Union Well being Ministry, in an official communication despatched to all states on February 25, acknowledged, “All 14-year-old women throughout the nation will likely be administered a single dose of the ‘Gardasil 4’ vaccine at Authorities well being amenities, together with Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (Major Well being Centres), Neighborhood Well being Centres, sub-district and district hospitals, and Authorities medical faculties and hospitals.”
