The Yobe State Ministry of Health and the Yobe State Primary Health Care Board in collaboration with the National Primary Health Care Board among other partners have concluded arrangements for the flagging-off of the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine campaign for prevention against the dangerous killer disease, cervical cancer.
The chairman said government and development partners have organised a series of sensitization, enlightenment and mobilization with a view to intimating the public on the importance of the vaccines and the purpose of selecting the cohorts of 9-14 female children. "Government and development partners were able to train local government Health Promotion Officers on the new vaccine while tradition and religious leaders, teachers among other stakeholders and the general public were engaged through various means especially radio with a view to achieving the desired objectives.
"The Gardasil 4 vaccine manufactured by Merck & Co., is a human papillomavirus vaccine that protects against four HPV types; 6, 11, 16, and 18 and is being pre-qualified by the World Health Organization . HPV types 16 and 18 are responsible for causing the majority of cervical, anal, oropharyngeal cancers, while HPV types 6 and 11 causes majority of genital warts."
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