Vaccination can prevent cervical cancer

On the occasion of Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, 'Papillovax' Mass Vaccination was held at Anwar Khan Modern Medical College today on January 18 to prevent cervical cancer.

First of all, a colorful rally and discussion meeting was held in Dhanmondi of the capital, with the participation of a large number of doctors and medical students, organized by the Gynecology and Obstetrics Department of Anwar Khan Digital Medical College Hospital. Incepta Pharmaceuticals Limited helped in this arrangement.

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On Wednesday morning Anwar Khan Modern Medical College Hospital Principal Professor Doctor Ekhlasur Rahman, Vice Principal Professor Doctor Habibuzzaman Chowdhury, the best professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics Department Dr. Shehrin F. Siddika, Prof. Dr. Masuda Begum, Prof. Dr. Abdus Abhibadan Arif, Prof. Dr. M Alamgir Chowdhury, Professor Dr. Zakia Shahid, Professor Dr. A large number of doctors and students participated in the rally, including Moushumi Sen.

A discussion session was held at the end of the rally. After that, the 'Papillovax' vaccine against cervical cancer was given under the mass vaccination programme.

Dr. Anwar Khan Modern Medical College Hospital is the best professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics Department. Shehrin F. Siddiqa said, cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of human death. Time has come to prevent this death. This is why it is most necessary to create mass awareness and take the system of screening to everyone. If girls from 9 to 45 years of age are made aware and vaccination is ensured at the right time, it will be possible to eliminate cervical cancer completely within the next hundred years.

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Incepta, the country's 1st vaccine manufacturing company, has started marketing the cervical cancer vaccine 'Papillovax' for the first time in Bangladesh since last year. The Papillovax vaccine protects against cervical cancer by preventing the HPV virus responsible for cervical cancer.

Cervical cancer is the second leading cause of female cancer deaths in Bangladesh. The main reason of death in this cancer is ignorance and many years of neglect. Every year 11,000 girls die of cervical cancer in the country and more than 5 crore women are at risk. By giving this vaccine to all healthy women from 9 to 45 years, Bangladesh will go a long way in eradicating cervical cancer. This vaccine will help meet the current demand in the country.