Kwara to take HPV vaccine to secondary schools

The Kwara Government says the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Vaccine, which will soon be introduced, would be taken to all secondary schools across the state.

The Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Hajia Sa’adatu Modibbo-Kawu, disclosed this on Tuesday in Ilorin when the advocacy team from the Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency paid her a courtesy visit.

Modibbo-Kawu said that the ministry would do everything possible to ensure the success of the vaccination in the state, adding that every organisation and relevant stakeholders would be consulted.

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Earlier, Dr Michael Oguntoye, the Team Leader and Director, Primary Health Care System, disclosed that the purpose of the visit was to intimate the ministry of the forthcoming vaccination.