Immunization against cervical cancer kick-starts in Maungdaw Twsp

Maungdaw, 19 January


The Department of Public Health under the Ministry of Health and Sports launched an immunization campaign to prevent women from cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV) in Maungdaw Township, Rakhine State yesterday.


Medical staff from the District Department of Public Health injected girls between 9 and 10 years old with vaccination against cervical cancer and HPV in the township. 


The staff from DPH inoculates 413 girls between 9 and 10 years old from Maungdaw Township with HPV immunization against cervical cancer from 18 to 22 January.


Thet Lwin Soe (District IPRD)
Translated by JT