The Nigerian government launched the HPV vaccine initiative on Tuesday for girls between the ages of nine and 14 years to guard against HPV types 16 and 18, which cause about 70 per cent of cervical cancer.
He said the vaccine was unveiled on Tuesday to prevent young girls aged nine to 14 years from cervical cancer.
“Our focus is to make this voluntary; there are not enough of these vaccines, those who choose not to receive it, they are making a mistake for their children, because they are exposing them to the risk of having diseases.” He said “We saw how community leaders played incredible roles in our efforts to deal with polio in this country and polio is now history.
Lending her voice to the matter, Adedolapo Fasawe, the mandate secretary, Health Services and Environment Secretariat, Federal Capital Territory Administration , said the major tool in ensuring the vaccine reached everywhere was through health promotion and advocacy.
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