Nationwide HPV vaccination drive likely to be launched in third quarter of 2024

Ministry plans to inoculate around 1.7 million girls between 10 and 14 with HPV vaccines in the nationwide drive and include it in routine immunisation list.

The nationwide campaign against the human papillomavirus (HPV) is likely to be launched in the third quarter of the next year as the Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunisation (GAVI) has agreed to provide the vaccine doses, an official at the Ministry of Health and Population said.