The Kwara State government plans to vaccinate 311,000 girls between the ages of nine and 14 years against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV).
A Director in the state Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Michael Oguntoye, yesterday said the vaccination would begin on May 27 and last for five days.
He spoke at a media engagement organised by John Snow Incorporated (JSI), with support from HPV Vaccine Acceleration Programme Partners Initiative (HAPPI) Consortium, and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
According to Oguntoye, the five-day campaign, to be inaugurated by the governor’s wife, Dr Olufolake AbdulRazaq, would target both school and out-of-school girls.
He added: “The HPV vaccine will be available across all primary health care facilities. The vaccine is safe, efficacious and it is not an attempt to reduce population or family planning strategy.”
