Bajura — A total of 1,806 adolescent girls in the district will be vaccinated against cervical cancer. According to the District Health Office, a vaccination campaign under the National Immunization Program will be conducted from Magh 27 to Falgun 3, providing the vaccine as part of routine immunization.
Acting Chief of the District Health Office, Lal Bahadur Khadka, informed that this year the vaccine will be administered to 1,781 girls studying in Grade 6 and 25 girls who are out of school, making a total of 1,806 beneficiaries. Among out-of-school girls, 16 are in Budhiganga, 6 in Badimalika, and 1 in Triveni Municipality.
Last year, more than 7,000 girls in the district received the cervical cancer vaccine through a special campaign. This year, the vaccine will be provided as part of routine immunization to both school-going Grade 6 girls and those who are out of school, the Health Office stated.
Vaccination services will be provided through centers established in schools across all nine local levels of the district, and arrangements have also been made to provide vaccines through health institutions.
According to Acting Chief Khadka, the campaign will begin on Magh 27 in Gaumul Rural Municipality, Budhiganga, and Triveni Municipalities; from Magh 28 in Swamikartik Khapar, Jagannath, Khaptad Chhededaha Rural Municipalities, and Badimalika Municipality; and from Magh 29 in Himali Rural Municipality.
The Health Office emphasized that the HPV vaccine is highly effective in preventing cervical cancer among adolescent girls, which is why the campaign has been given high priority.
Health Office data shows that 98 percent of girls in the district received the cervical cancer vaccine last year.
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