Health authorities placing a high priority on cervical cancer prevention
PUBLISHED: 10 Dec 2024 at 18: 09
The Ministry of Public Health will begin providing prathom 5 ( grade 5 ) schoolgirls with the first dose of the human papillomavirus virus vaccine on December 20 as a means of preventing cervical cancer.
The state is placing the priority on healthcare for teenagers and young people, according to Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsutin, with the HPV vaccine one of its key activities.
In addition to a wider, more deliberate HPV vaccination program targeted at females between the ages of 11 and 20, the vaccination program includes the distribution of the HPV vaccine to prathoma 5.
The government aims to provide more than a million doses of the vaccine, which covers nine HPV genotypes, to 673, 500 prathom 5 kids and 400, 000 people within the designated time range.
The minister said that those who have already received one shots will receive boosters to guard against four more HPV strains.
Prior to being broadcast global, the Prathom 5 square is scheduled to begin on December 20 at Pathum Thani’s Wat Kien Ket School.
The chancellor stated that the ultimate goal is to stop cervical cancer in Thai people because it can be curable if detected early.
Ladies outside of the 11-20 age group you get free home evaluation kits from state-run hospitals, and then get treatment if the result is good.
The regional disease manage committee also agreed on Monday to increase the frequency of vaccinations against measles, rubella, and measles in regions where safety has fallen below 95 %.
According to Mr. Somsak, the Reach Out program includes portable vaccination units and a security campaign to notify the government of any outbreaks.