Over 8,800 girls in Jumla to get HPV vaccine

Jumla: More than 8,800 girls in the Jumla district would be vaccinated with HPV vaccine against cervical cancer.

Under the government’s National Immunization Programme, 7,243 female students from Grades 6 to 10 of community and private schools in the district would get the HPV vaccine against cervical cancer, said Chief of the Public Health Service Office, Jumla, Krishna Sapkota.

All local levels of Jumla district have been collecting data for launching the immunization programme.

The nationwide vaccination programme will be launched from February 4 to 18.

In the case of Jumla, discussion was underway with the health unit at local levels for launching the vaccination programme, as the community schools would be opened in mid-February.

Sapkota added that preparation was underway to immunize 8,829 to 1,586 girls, who are out of school, and 7,243 female students aged 10 to 14 from the community and private schools.

In the case of girls out of school, they would be vaccinated against cervical cancer based on their birth certificates.

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