Maharashtra to vaccinate 9.84 lakh girls aged 14 as part of nationwide HPV vaccination campaign

The Maharashtra Government is acceptable to vaccinate 9.84 lakh girls aged 14 successful the State by administering 1 dose of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine successful a three-month thrust against cervical cancer, starting from Saturday (February 28, 2026), arsenic a portion of the national HPV immunisation programme. 

The Maharashtra wellness section has procured 9,47,380 doses of HPV vaccine ‘Gardasil-4’ from the Central Government. The beneficiary girls volition beryllium fixed 1 dose (0.5 ml) of the vaccine connected the near forearm, and aft the vaccination, the nail of their near small digit volition beryllium marked with a marker pen.

After the national motorboat by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Ajmer, Rajasthan, the authorities volition motorboat its run connected Saturday by giving doses to 5 girls aged 14 astatine Nair Hospital successful Mumbai. 

Voluntary

According to the wellness department, the vaccination is voluntary and parental consent is required for it. “The nonsubjective of this vaccination is to forestall cervical crab successful the aboriginal by vaccinating girls who person completed 14 years of property but person not completed 15 years of property against HPV,” said the authoritative from the State Health Department. 

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The Department aims to vaccinate 9,84,414 girls successful the state, who person completed 14 years but not completed 15 years of age. “Cervical crab is caused by the Human Papilloma Virus and is the lone crab that tin beryllium prevented by vaccination. Therefore, to forestall this crab from occurring successful the future, a nationwide ‘HPV vaccination campaign’ to administer the HPV vaccine is acceptable to launch,” the authorities wellness section stated. 

Registration of each beneficiaries for HPV vaccination and organisation of certificates volition beryllium done wholly digitally done the Central Government’s ‘U-WIN’ portal.

“After HPV vaccination, fever, headache oregon swelling astatine the injection tract whitethorn occur, which resolves wrong 2-3 days. Medical facilities for contiguous attraction volition beryllium disposable astatine each centre. However, girls with superior illnesses, those who are allergic to yeast oregon who are large volition not beryllium fixed this vaccine,” stated the Health Department.