Hetauda - The health directorate of Wagmati province, Hetauda, is going to administer the HPV vaccine against cervical cancer to around 3 lakh girls.
In 13 districts of the province, 2 lakh 98 thousand 3 hundred 5 girls between the ages of 10 and 14 years who study from 6th to 10th standard and do not study in school, from Tuesday 22nd of January. HPV vaccination is going to be done by February 6th.
275,234 girls studying in school from 6th to 10th grade and 23,234 girls from 10 to 14 years old who are not studying in school were vaccinated by the Director of Health Directorate, Hetauda. Narendra Kumar Jha said.
There are 4,579 vaccination centers in Wagmati province for the said vaccination. 4 thousand 324 health workers and 8 thousand 736 female volunteers are deployed in the vaccination center.
Similarly, 22,713 girls of Makwanpur will be vaccinated against HPV. Krishna Bahadur Mizar, Head of Public Health Office, Makwanpur, said that on the occasion of World Cancer Day, which is celebrated on February 4, it is going to be administered against cervical cancer (HPV vaccine).
Since the vaccination program has come as a campaign for the first time, it is going to target students studying in schools. According to him, Hetauda-10 There is a program to inaugurate the students of Gyanada Mavi near Bhutandevi temple on Tuesday.
Makwanpur has the highest number of girls in Hetauda sub-metropolitan area. 11 thousand 173 people, 11 thousand 68 people studying in schools and 115 people outside the school, will be vaccinated. 4 women die daily in Nepal due to cervical cancer.
