Jaipur, Feb 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the nationwide HPV (Human Papillomavirus) vaccination campaign from Ajmer, marking a major step toward protecting women from cervical cancer. Under the initiative, eligible adolescent girls will receive the HPV vaccine to significantly reduce their future risk of cervical cancer.On the first day of the drive, 188 vaccination sessions were conducted across Rajasthan. Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma urged parents to…
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New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday attended an HPV vaccination event at Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, accompanied by BJP MP Manoj Tiwari, Health Minister Dr Pankaj Kumar Singh, and MLA Sanjay Goyal. She further said that they were aiming to vaccinate 1.6 lakh girl children in the national Capital in three months. Addressing the media, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said, “Every year, thousands of women lose their lives to cervical cancer. When it came to light that …
Jaipur, Feb 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the bravery of Rajasthan’s sons continue to be remembered with pride in Israel, as he addressed a public gathering in Ajmer on Saturday.”I just returned from a visit to Israel yesterday. The people of Israel still remember with pride the bravery of Major Dalpat Singh, the son of Rajasthan. I also had the privilege of paying tribute to Major Dalpat Singh’s bravery in the Israeli Parliament,” the Prime Minister said.He further highlighte…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Ajmer in Rajasthan on Saturday to lay the foundation stone for multiple development projects worth over Rs 16,680 crore.The Prime Minister will also address a public gathering on the occasion.The projects span key sectors including urban development, drinking water supply, road infrastructure, irrigation, energy and industrial development, and are aimed at accelerating Rajasthan’s growth and improving quality of life.I…
Poonch, Feb 27 (IANS) In a landmark step towards strengthening preventive healthcare and safeguarding the future of India’s daughters, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to launch the National HPV vaccination campaign to protect women from cervical cancer on Saturday (February 28) from Ajmer, Rajasthan.As the programme gets ready for national rollout, many states across the country are set to launch the dedicated immunisation programmes at the respective health centres.In Jammu and Kashmir’…
Jaipur, Feb 26 (IANS) V.M. Katoch, former Director General (DG) of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and former Health Research Secretary from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, on Thursday, described the nationwide rollout of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination as a landmark moment in India’s public health journey. Calling it a visionary and transformative step, Katoch said the inclusion of the HPV vaccine in the national immunisation programme would significantly str…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Up to four in 10 or 7.1 million cancer cases worldwide could be prevented, according to a new global analysis from the World Health Organization (WHO) and its International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) on Wednesday.The study, released on World Cancer Day on February 4, identified tobacco as the leading preventable cause of cancer globally, responsible for 15 per cent of all new cancer cases.It also found, for the first time, that nine cancer-causing infections are…
Chennai, Feb 4 (IANS) Tamil Nadu has crossed a critical public health threshold, registering more than one lakh new cancer cases in a single year for the first time. The latest figures for 2025, according to data submitted in Parliament by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, show 1,00,097 fresh cases in the state, underscoring a sharp and sustained rise in incidence and raising concerns among health authorities about prevention, early detection, and treatment capacity. Experts cauti…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Vaccination against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) as well as improving access to DNA-based screening is crucial to eliminate cervical cancer in India, said officials from the Health Ministry on Saturday.The experts were speaking at India’s first national summit organised by AIIMS to accelerate the cervical cancer elimination agenda.Aradhana Patnaik, Additional Secretary and Managing Director, National Health Mission (NHM), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, reaffi…
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Vaccination, screening and early treatment are crucial to fight cervical cancer, which is causing the death of a woman every eight minutes in India, said health experts on Friday.January is observed globally as Cervical Cancer awareness month.Cervical cancer is caused by the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). The virus infects the cervix, which is the mouth of the uterus. While HPV infection does not mean cancer, it requires testing or screening to see if it has caused changes i…