More than 300,000 girls yet to receive HPV jab, says Zaliha
Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa says the price of the HPV vaccine increased sixfold in 2022. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, June 8, 2023.
She said the Health Ministry is committed to ensuring that all female students from the 2021, 2022 and 2023 cohorts receive the HPV vaccine before they finish secondary school. “So by using the remaining stock of vaccines available in 2020, a total of 34,933 people, or only 15.7% of Form 1 female students from the 2021 cohort, have received the first dose.
Yeo had wanted to know the latest status of the HPV vaccination for more than 500,000 girls who missed the injection from 2020 to 2022 as well as the procurement allocation of RM120 million for the vaccine this year.
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