Daily Post Nigeria HPV vaccine not meant to reduce African population – Oyo government Home News Politics Metro Entertainment Sport Health HPV vaccine not meant to reduce African population – Oyo government Published on May 27, 2024 By Musliudeen Adebayo The Oyo State Government has declared that the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine is not an avenue to reduce population of Africa, contrary to insinuations. Executive Secretary of Oyo State Primary Healthcare Board, Dr Muideen Olatunji, made this declaration while addressing a press conference on Monday. Olatunji, while addressing the journalists at the event held in Ibadan, the state capital, said that the state has launched the HPV Vaccine into the Extended Programme on Immunization (EPI) targeting girls between 9-14 years of age in the state.
He described cervical cancer as one of the most common forms of cancer that affects women, stressing that the disease must be tackled head-long. He said that the vaccine was produced so as to prevent the disease and not to reduce the population. Olatunji while speaking further, maintained that the government has launched the programme at St.
Paul Anglican Primary School, Yanbule, Bashorun and over 300 pupils have been vaccinated. Olatunji said, “It is pertinent to reiterate that the vaccine is not designed to reduce the population of the state. This is a demonstration of our continued partnership and indeed, collective efforts to protect young girls and citizens of the state ag.
