The Minister of Health takes the daughter vaccinated against cervical cancer to break up rumors

Karachi: Its purpose is to dismantle propaganda surrounding the ongoing human papillomavirus vaccination campaign (HPV), Federal Health Minister Mustafa Kamal was vaccinated by cervical cancer.

The daughter of the federal minister was held the HPV vaccine that was shot during a ceremony at the Pakistani Office’s Drug Regent Authority (DRAP) in Karachi on Saturday.

Speaking in the media, Kamal – former Karachi mayor – said: “Vaccination against cervical cancer has already taken place in almost all Islamic countries.”

He said that misleading propaganda had spread since the campaign began and stressed that no girl in the country should have lost her life in this disease.

Kamal, who is also a senior leader Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), said it was a difficult decision to bring his family before the media. “My only daughter is as valuable to me as any daughter of the nation.”

He expressed the hope that his act would bring about a change to the community for the vaccine.

The federal minister stressed that if the vaccine had defects, he would not have allowed his daughter to receive it.

“Pakistan is the 151st country in the world where this vaccine is granted,” he added.

Cervical cancer is one of the most preventive but deadly diseases for women, supporting one life every two minutes worldwide- and almost 94% of these deaths occur in low and medium-income countries, according to the World Health Organization (which).

Worldwide, it is the fourth most common cancer among women, but in Pakistan, the situation is even more worrying, as it is the second most common cancer among women in the country. Every year, more than 5,000 Pakistani women are diagnosed with it and almost 3,000 of them lose their lives.

At the core of this disease is HPV, the most widespread viral infection of the reproductive pathway. While most infections are of course, high -risk HPV strains can cause cervical cancer. The tragedy is that this cancer is largely preventive.

There is a safe vaccine that prevents 90% of high -risk HPV infections and can prevent nearly 17 deaths per 1,000 girls who have been vaccinated.

In a milestone step, Pakistan on September 15 put on the first phase of the HPV vaccination campaign with a 12 -day effort aimed at Sindh, Punjab, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Islamabad.

The vaccine, aimed at girls between the ages of 9 and 14, is mainly delivered through schools and will later be incorporated into the national immunization program, eventually reaching about 18 million girls at national level.

The launch also places Pakistan steadily on the right to achieve the goals of the elimination of its cervical cancer which by 2030 through the vaccination of 90% of girls at the age of 15, showing 70% of women and securing 90% of people with timely treatment.