The vaccine will be administered in all government-owned health facilities and temporarily fixed locations such as markets, schools, religious centres and communities.
The Ogun State Coordinator for the National Primary Health Care Development Agency , Victoria Adebiyi, made this known on Tuesday at the media orientation on HPV vaccination in the state.
She said the vaccine will be administered in all government-owned health facilities and temporarily fixed locations such as markets, schools, religious centres and communities. Mr Shuaib said the vaccines will be distributed to different states in batches to ensure all teenage girls between ages nine and 15 are protected against HPV.
Although the causes of cancer are unknown, 14 out of the 100 types of Human Papillomavirus strains have been identified to cause at least 99 per cent of cervical cancer cases.According to WHO, HPV types 16 and 18 cause at least 70 per cent of cervical cancers and pre-cancerous cervical lesions.
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