Pakistan Extends Cervical Cancer Vaccination Drive Amid Parental Hesitancy Islamabad – Pakistan’s nationwide campaign to vaccinate girls against cervical cancer is being extended after significant parental resistance slowed progress. During the anti-cervical cancer drive, over 3.6 million parents across the country refused the HPV vaccine for their daughters. Punjab recorded the highest number of refusals, […]
HPV Vaccination Campaign Extended as Millions of Girls Remain Unvaccinated ISLAMABAD – The ongoing cervical cancer prevention campaign has reached 6.7 million girls in just 11 days, achieving vaccine coverage of 65% in Sindh, 63% in Punjab, 35% in Azad Kashmir, and 34% in Islamabad. Despite the effort, around four million girls remain unvaccinated due […]
Pakistan Engages Leaders to Boost HPV Vaccination Campaign ISLAMABAD – The Ministry of Health is set to reach out to political and religious leaders as part of a nationwide push to promote the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. Officials familiar with the plan said the government aims to persuade these leaders of the importance of the […]
Pakistan Launches Nationwide HPV Vaccination Drive for Girls Islamabad – Pakistan has kicked off a nationwide HPV vaccination campaign targeting girls aged 9 to 14, officials confirmed. The drive, which will run from September 15 to 27, covers Punjab, Sindh, Islamabad, and Azad Kashmir. The federal and provincial governments, along with Azad Kashmir authorities, have […]
Pakistan Receives Final HPV Vaccine Shipment Ahead of Nationwide Cervical Cancer Drive Islamabad – Pakistan has received the last batch of HPV vaccines, completing the full supply needed for the country’s first-ever nationwide cervical cancer immunization campaign, officials confirmed on Tuesday. UNICEF has provided a total of 13 million doses of the HPV vaccine, accompanied […]
