KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 11
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has expressed his gratitude to all relevant agencies for successfully administering the HPV vaccine against cervical cancer to over one million adolescent girls across the country.
Taking to his social media account today, he extended appreciation to health workers, volunteers, teachers, guardians, and both government and non-government agencies for their active involvement in the nationwide anti-HPV vaccination campaign.
"The nationwide HPV vaccination campaign, which commenced on February 4, is progressing with great enthusiasm. So far, one million adolescent girls have received the vaccine. The campaign will continue until February 18," PM Oli wrote on social media.
According to Dr. Abhiyan Gautam, Chief of the Child Health and Vaccination Section at the Department of Health Services, a total of 1,016,771 adolescent girls had been vaccinated by the sixth day (February 10) of the campaign.
