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Govt Panel Approves India’s First Indigenously Developed Vaccine qHPV Against Cervical Cancer

Category : National
Published on: June 17 2022 Share on facebook

  • The DCGI’s Subject Expert Committee recommends Serum Institute’s indigenously developed quadrivalent human papillomavirus (qHPV) vaccine for cervical cancer patients above 9 years to 26 years of age.
  • Cervical cancer in India ranks as the second most frequent cancer among women between 15 and 44 years of age.
  • Every year in India, 122,844 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 67,477 die from the disease.
  • The HPV vaccine reduces a woman’s risk of cervical cancer. Men cannot develop cervical cancer, but the HPV vaccine may prevent genital warts, penile cancer, anal cancer, and the spread of HPV to sexual partners.
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