Kwara State to Vaccinate 311,000 Girls Against HPV

Date: 2024-05-20

According to News report from Punch, the Kwara State Government has finalised plans to vaccinate 311,000 girls, aged nine to 14, against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer.

Dr Michael Oguntoye, Director of the Kwara State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, announced this in Ilorin on Sunday. Oguntoye, speaking at a media stakeholders' engagement, stated that the vaccination campaign would commence on 27th May and last for five days.

The media engagement was organised by John Snow Incorporated, with support from the HPV Vaccine Acceleration Programme Partners Initiative Consortium and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Oguntoye explained that the vaccination initiative was backed by the Federal Government, JSI, HAPPI, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The campaign, to be inaugurated by Dr Olufolake AbdulRazaq, wife of the Kwara governor, aims to reach both school-going and out-of-school girls.

“The HPV vaccine will be available across all primary health care facilities in the state.

“The vaccine is safe, efficacious and is not an attempt to reduce population or family planning strategy,” he said.

The Social Mobilisation Officer, Kwara State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Dupe Shittu, described HPV as a group of viruses that could infect the genital areas of both men and women.

She explained that while many HPV infections go away on their own, certain strains of the virus could lead to more serious health issues.

“One of the most concerning outcomes of persistent HPV infection is cervical cancer.

“Cervical cancer affects women globally, and sadly, Nigeria is no exception.

“Our nation carries a heavy burden of cervical cancer cases, impacting the lives of our mothers, daughters, sisters, and wives,” she said.

She explained that the commonest mode of transmission was through sexual intercourse, including vaginal, anal, and oral sex.

“The virus can be passed from one person to another even if there are no visible signs of infection or symptoms,” she said.

Also speaking, the Social and Behavioural Change Communication Officer, JSI, Mr Kannath Ibrahim, urged against misinformation about the disease.

Ibrahim, who spoke on the topic, “Combating Misinformation, Myths, Debunking and Pre-Bunking Rumours, Prevalent, Rumours and Misconception,” explained that rumours, when unchecked or addressed, lead to misinformation.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Hauwa Nuru     Sa\'adu Gambari     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Sidikat Akaje     Sherif Sagaya     Quranic Recitation Competition     Ilorin Airport     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Imam Gambari     Obasanjo     Alabere     April 11     Onilorin     Alaro     Charcoal     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Shehu Adaramaja     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Bashir Badawi     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Ita-Ore     Yaru     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Marufat Oladosu     Unicontinental Construction Company     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Share/Tsaragi     Ogidi-Oloje     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Plat Technologies Limited     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Abubakar Ndakene     Air Peace     Halimat Yusuf     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Dele Momodu     Olofa Of Offa     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Babajide Ajayi     Bareke     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Olatunji Ayeni     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Yusuf A. Usman     Ijakadi     Idris Amosa Saidu     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Joseph Daudu     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     SGBN     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Hamidu Olowo     Barakat Community Secondary School     Solomon Edoja     Albert Ogunsola     IQRA College     Sulyman Buhari     Law School Scholarship     Manzuma     Amuda Bembe     SWAN     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Eruku     Lanre Jimoh     Adaramaja     Segun Adeniyi     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Ademola Kiyesola     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Kwara 2015    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Olushola Saraki     Sidikat Akaje     Ayinde Oki     Dankaka     Sarah Jubril     Turaki     Ile Arugbo     Ado Bayero     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Saeedat Aliyu     Zulu Gambari     Igosun     Gani Saadu     Saadu Alanamu     SSA Youth     Erin-ile     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Saheed Popoola     Students Union Government     Kola Shittu     Labour Party     Minimum Wage     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Erubu Oba Zubair     Muazam Nayaya     Amusement Park     Mary Arinde     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Ajidagba     Yeketi     Okoolowo     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     JMK Construction Company Limited     Ilofa     Adekunle David Dunmade     Alliance For Democracy     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Crystal Corner Shops     Amos Bajeh     RTEAN     SSUCOEN     Adijat Adebiyi     Ilorin International Airport     Tunde Kazeem     Alore     Harmony Holdings     Ishola Abdullahi     Kannike     Sunday Otokiti     Bureau Of Lands     Sayomi     2023 Elections     Adeleke Ogungbe     NFAI     Samuel Adaramola     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Laolu Saraki     Mohammed Ibrahim     Afonja Descendants Union     Elese Of Igbaja     Monkey Pox     Budo Egba     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Senate Presidency     Mamatu Abdullahi     Tosin Saraki     Michael Nzwekwe     Garba Ado Sanni     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Yakubu Gobir     Hussein Oloyede     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Awili Pedro