Fight Cervical Cancer, City to Give HVP Immunization
Reported by Jhon Syah Putra Kaban | Translated by Nugroho Adibrata
City Health Dept tries to make Indonesia to be free from cervical cancer. That is through immunization of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) towards children aged 9-12 years old.
Predictably, around 75,000 students (female) grade 5th or equal will be immunized with HPV
The dept will conduct immunization through activity of school children immunization month (BIAS) towards female students grade 5th of Elementary School or equal (first doses) and grade 6th (second doses, start in 2017).
Measles Immunization Targets 164,983 Toddlers in N. Jakarta"Predictably, around 75,000 students (female) grade 5th or equal will be immunized with HPV," said Koesmedi Prihato, Head of City Health Dept, at City Hall, Tuesday (9/27).
The city administration has also prepared all medical teams from Puskesmas in school during BIAS activity. He urges, the parents to play an active role to protect her daughter from cervical cancer risk.
"Be sure your children grade 5th to undergo BIAS activity that will be planned on October 4, 2016," he stated.
Koesmedi explains, clinical research has shown that age of 9-13 years old is a period of the good for the HPV immunization. It is quite simply with two doses.
From the 2012 Globocan data, the estimation of cervical cancer cases in Indonesia is the highest in Southeast Asia with an incidence of 20,928 and mortality 9,498. Hence, there must be a program to reduce the risk of cervical cancer.
