Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 22: State Cancer Institute (SCI) Jammu, in line with its commitment to prevent and treat cancer in the region, organized a Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination camp.
The immunization camp was inaugurated by Dr Shashi Sudhan Sharma (Principal and Dean, GMC Jammu), who while speaking on the occasion highlighted that this initiative will have a positive impact on the lives of countless women in Jammu and Kashmir.
Dr Rajiv K Gupta (HoD, Community Medicine, GMC Jammu) elaborated that globally cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in females with an estimated 6,04,000 new cases and 3,42,000 deaths.
The camp was organized by Dr Bhavna Langer (Associate Professor and Nodal Officer, Preventive Oncology Unit), for students, staff members and wards of faculty members of GMC Jammu to give the message of importance of this vaccine for females. Apart from cervical cancer, HPV can cause vaginal and vulvar cancer in females and anal cancer, oropharyngeal cancer and genital warts in both males and females.
Dr Richa Mahajan (Assistant Professor), Dr Kamna Singh (Lecturer), Dr Sakshi Manhas and Dr Imran Zaffer actively contributed towards the successful implementation of the vaccination drive.
Dr Deepak Kumar (Deputy Medical Superintendent, State Cancer Institute Jammu) said that India’s first indigenous vaccine against cervical cancer is now available to the masses, at an affordable price along with free oral, breast and cervical cancer screening, at the Preventive Oncology OPD, SCIJ. He said the vaccine is recommended for young girls (as well as boys) between 9 to 26 years of age.
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