Nandini Oomman: Government of India has plan to subsidize HPV vaccines as part of the immunization program

Nandini Oomman, Chief Executive Officer of Samya Ventures, shared on their LinkedIn:

”Some good news from the Government of India’s newly announced budget. A plan to subsidize HPV vaccines as part of the immunization program. They are currently expensive and the vaccines are only available through private care. However, India developed its own HPV vaccine in 2023, so this bodes well for an initial roll out of the HPV vaccine through the Universal Immunization Program (UIP).

While it is a good start to target girls aged 9-14, let’s hope that the program will eventually target boys too, to achieve HPV prevention at scale in a country where cervical cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women. Twenty five percent of all global deaths due to cervical cancer occur in India! It’s time!”

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Source: Nandini Oomman/LinkedIn