India makes use of Gardasil, a quadrivalent HPV vaccine, to guard in opposition to HPV sorts 16 and 18, in addition to HPV sorts 6 and 11, which trigger cervical most cancers. Photographs are for consultant functions solely. |Photograph courtesy: Getty Photographs/iStockphoto
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the nationwide human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination marketing campaign from Ajmer on Saturday (February 28, 2026).
The marketing campaign goals to guard 14-year-old women throughout the nation from cervical most cancers, which stays a serious well being concern in India.
In line with the Ministry of Well being and Household Welfare, all states and union territories will nearly take part in this system beginning at 11:30 am.
India plans to make use of Gardasil, a quadrivalent HPV vaccine, to guard in opposition to HPV sorts 16 and 18, in addition to sorts 6 and 11, which trigger cervical most cancers.
Ministry of Well being officers stated vaccinations can be voluntary and free. The one-time vaccine can be administered at designated authorities well being services resembling Ayushmann Arogya Mandir (main well being centre), group well being centres, sub-district and district hospitals and authorities medical schools.
Cervical most cancers stays the second most typical most cancers amongst ladies in India, with roughly 80,000 new circumstances and greater than 42,000 deaths reported every year.
