PM Modi to launch nationwide HVP vaccination drive on February 28

Prime Minister Narendra Modi volition motorboat a nationwide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign on Saturday (February 28, 2026) from Ajmer.

The run aims to support 14-year-old girls crossed the state from cervical cancer, a illness that remains a important wellness interest successful India.

All States and Union Territories volition virtually articulation the programme that volition commencement astatine 11.30 a.m., the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.

India volition usage Gardasil, a quadrivalent HPV vaccine, for extortion from HPV types 16 and 18, which origin cervical cancer, arsenic good arsenic types 6 and 11.

A Health Ministry authoritative said the vaccination volition beryllium voluntary and escaped of cost. The one-time vaccine volition beryllium administered astatine designated authorities wellness facilities, including the Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (Primary Health Centres), Community Health Centres, sub-district and territory hospitals, and authorities aesculapian colleges.

Cervical crab remains the second-most communal crab among women successful India, with astir 80,000 caller cases and implicit 42,000 deaths reported annually.