HPV vaccination among young students launched in Muntinlupa
The Muntinlupa City government launched the school-based vaccination program against the human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer.
The City Health Office (CHO) started the HPV immunization among young girls at Itaas Elementary School (IES) in Barangay Poblacion in Muntinlupa.
The HPV immunization at Itaas Elementary School in Muntinlupa (Photos from the Muntinlupa PIO)
“Kampanya natin ito para matiyak na protektado ang ating mga kabataang babae—sa maagang edad—sa cervical cancer (This is our campaign to ensure that our girls are protected at a young age against cervical cancer),” said Mayor Ruffy Biazon. According to the CHO, the HPV immunization will be held in all public elementary schools. It targets to immunize 1,200 young girls from Grades 4 to 6. Also attending the program were IES Principal Dr. Antonio Gagala, Assistant Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Nerissa Roxas Lomeda, CHO Adolescent Program Medical Coordinator Dr. Geraldine Ordoñez-Araullo, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) infectious disease specialist Dr. Jemelyn U. Garcia. Based on 2021 data from the World Health Organization (WHO), the Philippines has a 14.5 crude cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 women in 2020.
The HPV immunization at Itaas Elementary School in Muntinlupa (Photos from the Muntinlupa PIO)
“Kampanya natin ito para matiyak na protektado ang ating mga kabataang babae—sa maagang edad—sa cervical cancer (This is our campaign to ensure that our girls are protected at a young age against cervical cancer),” said Mayor Ruffy Biazon. According to the CHO, the HPV immunization will be held in all public elementary schools. It targets to immunize 1,200 young girls from Grades 4 to 6. Also attending the program were IES Principal Dr. Antonio Gagala, Assistant Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Nerissa Roxas Lomeda, CHO Adolescent Program Medical Coordinator Dr. Geraldine Ordoñez-Araullo, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) infectious disease specialist Dr. Jemelyn U. Garcia. Based on 2021 data from the World Health Organization (WHO), the Philippines has a 14.5 crude cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 women in 2020.