Jumla Prepares to Administer HPV Vaccine to Over 1,200 Adolescent Girls for Cervical Cancer Prevention

Jumla. Preparations are underway to administer the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to 1,277 adolescent girls from targeted groups in the district to prevent cervical cancer. According to the District Public Health Service Office, the vaccination campaign is scheduled to be conducted across all local levels of the district for two days on Chaitra 9 and 10.

Kiran Kumar Sharma, Chief of the Public Health Office, informed that under the National Vaccination Program, preparations have been made to vaccinate 1,277 individuals, including 1,165 students in Grade 6 and 112 out-of-school girls aged 10, across all eight local levels of the district. According to him, 84 vaccination centers have been established for the operation of the vaccine.

Office Chief Sharma further informed that 277 students in Chandannath Municipality, 164 in Tatopani Rural Municipality, 77 in Gutichaur, and 221 female students in Patarasi will receive the HPV vaccine. He added that 538 individuals in Tila, Hima, Sinja, and Kanakasundari Rural Municipalities will be vaccinated.

The Public Health Service Office, Jumla, stated that the vaccination campaign is targeted at female students studying in Grade 6 in schools and 10-year-old adolescent girls who do not attend school.