PANGANDARAN, JAPOS.CO – Elementary school (SD) students in Pangandaran Regency have started being injected with the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV) vaccine. The target is grade 5 students or an average age of 11 years.
This was conveyed by the Head of the Pangandaran District Health Office, Yadi Sukmayadi, S. Kep, MM through the Head of the Disease Prevention and Management (P2P) Division of the Pangandaran Health Office, Aang Syaefurahmat. According to him, his party has started distributing the vaccine since last Tuesday (8/8). “We will distribute the HPV vaccine for elementary schools directly to the puskesmas. The schoolgirls who received the vaccination were spread across various elementary schools. If totaled, the number reaches thousands of students. For injecting the HPV vaccine, we provide 3,000 doses for 3,000 female students in Pangandaran Regency,” said Aang.
Aang said the HPV vaccine aims to protect against infection with HPV, which is one of the main causes of cervical cancer and penile cancer. “The virus is spread through sexual intercourse and causes genital and anal area infections. The distribution of the vaccination itself is carried out in stages at every health center in Pangandaran,” he said.
In a separate place, the Head of SD Disdik Development Division of Pangandaran Regency, Darso said that the socialization of the HPV vaccine through the puskesmas to school principals had already been carried out. “Since last week we have delivered the circular letter. Regarding the distribution to each student, it was carried out directly by the health center, “Darso briefly. (Mamay)
2023-08-17 06:02:55
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