2023-09-23 20:15:00
National Communicable Disease Committee Agreed to expedite HPV vaccination to prevent cervical cancer for 1 million women aged 11-20 years, both in the formal and non-education system, for free, to be completed within 100 days, ready to click off in October.
HPV vaccination It is one of the Quick Win plans according to the policy of the Ministry of Public Health. Prepare an injection campaignCervical cancer vaccine Aiming to vaccinate 1 million target groups within 100 days, preparing to click off in October 2023.
Dr. Chonnan Srikaew, Minister of Public Health (Ministry of Public Health) as chairman of the National Communicable Disease Committee meeting No. 5/2023, where the meeting agreed to expedite vaccination against HPV virus or oral cancer vaccine. Uterus in the target group: women aged 11 – 20 years, both in the education system and outside the system. Including labor groups, the target is 1 million doses in 100 days.
By making an agreement with the Ministry of Education (MOE), the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MOE), and the Ministry of Labor. Department of Local Administration Promotion and Bangkok To prepare to organize a kick-off campaign.
The injection must be given as two injections spaced 6-12 months apart. Currently, there are still quite a few people who have not had the first injection. There will be a registration to notify the request to receive both the first and second doses until 1 million doses are completed. The remaining is planned for 2024. The service format will reach the most target groups, such as injections in educational institutions. and mobile cars
Situation of cervical cancer in Thailand
According to statistics from the Thai Cancer Registry 2022 by the National Cancer Institute, each year Thailand has more than 140,000 new cancer patients, or approximately 400 people per day.
Points out that cancer is an important public health problem in Thailand. Because there is a tendency for disease rates to continually increase.
For cervical cancer It is the fifth most common cancer among Thai women. Groups at risk for cervical cancer are:
Women who have had sex at a young age Have many sexual partners or changing sexual partners frequently Have a history of other sexually transmitted infections such as gonorrhea, syphilis, and HIV infection, etc.
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