Nearly 37 000 Western Cape girls get HPV vaccine: Here’s when the next round will take place
“With one signed consent form, you can give her access to a free vaccine that can help prevent a cancer that could threaten her life many years from now,” said Western Cape Minister of Health and Wellness Mireille Wenger Cervical cancer prevention According to the department, cervical cancer is the second most common cancer diagnosed in South African women and is often caused by HPV infection.
Free vaccines at schools During the campaign, nurses from the Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness will private, public, and special schools to administer free single-dose and catch-up HPV vaccines to eligible Grade 5 girls aged nine years and older.
Nearly 37 000 Grade 5 girls in the Western Cape have already received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine this year, with health authorities urging parents and caregivers of thousands more eligible children to sign consent forms as the next round of school vaccinations begins in August.
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