Female adolescents aged 13 and 14 years to be given HPV vaccine jabs

PARLIAMENT | Female adolescents aged 13 and 14 years who have yet to be given the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to prevent cervical cancer will be vaccinated through the school health service next year, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

Deputy Health Minister II Aaron Ago Dagang said the vaccination would be carried out after the vaccine supply was procured in 2022, as HPV vaccines could not be administered in 2020 and this year due to constraints caused by the Covid-19 pandemic...