New Delhi: AIIMS, Delhi Director Dr M Srinivas has urged dad and mom, academics, group leaders and healthcare professionals throughout the nation to actively assist and promote the nationwide HPV vaccination drive launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday.
Welcoming the nationwide marketing campaign initiated by the Union well being ministry, Dr Srinivas stated this landmark initiative represents a transformative second within the nation’s public well being journey – one which has the potential to avoid wasting numerous lives within the years to return.
Cervical most cancers continues to be one of many main causes of cancer-related deaths amongst girls in India, claiming tens of 1000’s of lives annually. What makes this burden significantly tragic is that it’s largely preventable, he underlined.
“The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is secure, scientifically validated and extremely efficient,” he stated.
Its systematic administration to adolescent ladies aged 9- 14 years gives highly effective safety towards one of the preventable cancers affecting girls in our nation, Dr Srinivas stated.
“At AIIMS, Delhi, we’ve constantly championed preventive healthcare because the cornerstone of a resilient well being system,” Dr Srinivas stated.
Vaccination stays among the many most cost-effective and impactful public well being interventions.
By reaching ladies on the advisable age, previous to potential publicity, we’re not solely stopping the illness but in addition easing the long-term emotional and monetary burden on households, whereas strengthening our nationwide healthcare system, he stated.
“I urge dad and mom, academics, group leaders, and healthcare professionals throughout the nation to actively assist and promote this drive. Allow us to work collectively to make sure that each eligible woman advantages from this life-saving intervention. We stand at a pivotal second, with the chance to examine and construct a future the place cervical most cancers is now not a public well being risk in India,” the director stated.
