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

Kathmandu: More than 110,000 adolescent girls in the Kathmandu district would be vaccinated with ‘The Human Papillomavirus’ (HPV) vaccine against cervical cancer.

At a programme organized by the Public Health Office, Kathmandu, 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 the HPV vaccine against cervical cancer.

A total of 97,540 girl students from Grades 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.

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

Chief of the Public Health Office, Kathmandu, Basanta Adhikari, said activities are underway by forming a vaccination committee under the coordination of the 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 Grades 6-10 across the country.

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