Over 110,000 adolescent girls of Kathmandu district to get HPV vaccine

Kathmandu, Jan 12: More than 110,000 adolescent girls of Kathmandu district would be vaccinated with 'Human Papillomavirus' (HPV) vaccine against cervical cancer.     

At a programme organized by the Public Health Office, Kathmandu, here on Sunday, senior public health administrator Satish Bista shared that 110,263 girls aged 10-14 of 11 local levels of Kathmandu district would get HPV vaccine against cervical cancer.     

A total of 97,540 girl students from Grade 6-10 as well as 12,723 girls between 10-14 years, who are out of school, would be vaccinated. The vaccine would be administered through 1,101 schools and 146 other vaccination centres.     

Total 2,412 health workers would be deputed for vaccination campaign in Kathmandu district. It would run from February 5-18.     

Chief of the Public Health Office, Kathmandu, Basanta Adhikari, said activities are underway by forming vaccination committee under coordination of Mayor and chairperson in municipalities to run the campaign successfully.     

The government is launching a vaccination campaign against cervical cancer targeting 1.688 million adolescent girls between 10-14 years from Grade 6-10 across the country.     

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