Nation-wide vaccination drive against cervical cancer to begin from January first week
Summary
Nepal will launch a nationwide HPV vaccination program against cervical cancer for grade 6 girls above 10 years starting the first week of January 2026, supported by the Ministry of Health and UNICEF.
Key Points
- The government will start a nationwide HPV vaccination drive against cervical cancer from the first week of January 2026.
- The program is part of the regular national immunization calendar and is led by the Ministry of Health and Population with UNICEF's technical support.
- Around 350,000 girls aged over 10 years in grade 6 will receive a single dose of the vaccine this year.
- Last year, over 1.688 million girls aged 10 to 14 received two doses of the HPV vaccine.
