LUCKNOW: As many as 200 girls were jabbed with Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine at the free inoculation and cervical cancer awareness camp organised at the Raj Bhavan on Monday. The event was organised ahead of International Women's Day celebration on Tuesday.
The vaccine was administered by a medical team from the Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences to protect girls from cervical cancer. HPV is the most common viral infection of the reproductive tract, and it may cause cervical cancer, which is a type of cancer that occurs in the cells of the cervix.