Hyderabad: India stands to gain 16 times its investment by introducing the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to adolescent girls, despite the initial cost exceeding a billion dollars. This is as per the latest report of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on adolescent health intervention strategies. It must be recalled that while presenting the interim budget …
The Rotary Club of Madras has launched an initiative aimed at eradicating HPV-related cervical cancer at the Shrine Velankanni School in T. Nagar here. A press release said the programme would promote awareness regarding cervical cancer prevention and HPV vaccination among adolescent girls and their families using school-based or community-based programmes. Sangeetha Viswanathan, chairperson of …
Two years after the National Technical Advisory Group for Immunization (NTAGI) recommended the inclusion of the HPV Vaccine in the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) to prevent cervical cancer in women, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her interim budget speech for 2024-25, indicated that the government would actively “promote” vaccination to combat this deadly disease. …
The Health Ministry maintained on Saturday that it is yet to take a decision on starting a vaccination campaign against the human papillomavirus (HPV), despite reports that it is set to offer the vaccine from the second quarter of this year. The National Technical Advisory Group for Immunisation (NTAGI) has recommended the HPV vaccination for …