Centre has asked states and UTs to organise HPV vaccination centres in schools, generating awareness through school teachers to parents
Vagisha Kaushik | December 22, 2022 | 03:59 PM IST
NEW DELHI: The central government has announced that it will primarily provide vaccination against cervical cancer to school girls. The centre has asked all states and union territories to create awareness on prevention of cervical cancer and the importance of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine among girl students across the country.
The vaccination would be provided primarily through schools (grade based approach: Class 5 to Class 10 ) as school enrolment of girls is high. In order to reach those girls who are unable to attend school on the campaign day, the vaccination would be provided at a health facility while for out-of-school girls the campaign would be conducted through Community Outreach and Mobile teams based on age (9-14 years). For registration, recording and reporting of vaccination numbers, the U-WIN App would be used.
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In a joint letter issued by the union education secretary Sanjay Kumar and union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan, it has been highlighted that globally, cervical cancer is the 4th most common cancer in women.
In the letter, the states and UTs have been requested to issue necessary directions at appropriate levels for taking up the following activities in order to make the campaign a successful:
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