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Cuba prepares for vaccination against human papillomavirus
Initially, it will be applied to a universe of 68,524 nine-year-old girls, taking into account the following scheme: one dose of 0.5 milliliters intramuscularly, and two doses in girls diagnosed with some immunodeficiency disease, explained Dr. Lena López, head of the National Immunization Program. The coverage objective is equal to or greater than 95 percent, and the goal is to achieve the elimination of cervical cancer (related to HPV), with l…
Luis Manuel Guevara / Metapolitics Morelia, Michoacán, on February 26, 2025.- The head of the Ministry of Health in Michoacán (SSM), Lázaro Cortés Rangel, called on parents to take underage girls to get vaccinated against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) to prevent diseases such as invasive cervical cancer. In an interview with the media, the Health Secretary commented that girls who have not received any previous doses should go, vaccine that is …
The campaign seeks to reach 95% coverage and is part of a global strategy.
Vaccination against HPV began worldwide in 2006. Cuba will for the first time apply the vaccine against the human papillomavirus (HPV), the main cause of cervical cancer, to 68,524 nine-year-olds, reported local media. At that initial stage, which is not known when it will start exactly, it will allow girls of that age to receive one or two doses (those diagnosed with an immunodeficient disease) by intramuscular means, according to a report by t…
In Cuba, the preparation of specialists from the health sector to support the introduction of the vaccine against the human papillomavirus (HPV) in the country for the first time is strengthened.
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