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Mumbai: HPV vaccine demands surge but uncertainty persists
Updated On: 27 July, 2024 07:06 AM IST | Mumbai | Eshan Kalyanikar
Amid rising inquiries the state health dept has remained silent on HPV vaccine policy
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Doctors have advocated for inclusion of the HPV vaccine in the National Immunisation Schedule. Representation pic
Months after the push for the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in the interim budget by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, doctors note that inquiries continue to rush in. However, state health officials said there is no clarity on whether guidelines will be issued in the near future.
“The Pune and Aurangabad Municipal Corporations had requested us for approval to start an HPV vaccine for adolescent girls. We will be providing them with an NOC soon,” a state health official said, adding there were no such requests from Mumbai. Dr Nitin Ambadekar, additional director of health services in Mumbai, noted that the two civic bodies had taken it up on their own accord.
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