According to the health office, the HPV vaccination against cervical cancer will be started from January 27 in Sankhuwasabha in the Himalayan district.

The health office gathered the stakeholders on Tuesday and informed them that since most of the schools in Bhotkhola rural municipality are closed due to winter, the vaccination campaign will be conducted from January 27. Health chief Naradamuni Subedi said that due to dire and geographical reasons, the vaccination campaign had to be postponed for a few days.

will start simultaneously at all 10 local levels. Except for the vaccine, all the materials have been sent to the local level. The vaccination campaign across the country has started from Tuesday.

7 thousand 662 students from class 6 to 10 and 1 thousand 373 girls aged 10 to 14 who do not go to school  are Roshan Shrestha, public health officer, said that in Sankhuwa Sabha, 276 vaccination centers of 144 schools will be conducted in Bhotkhola 1, 2 and 3 wards from February 18 to 20.