India, May 24 -- GREATER NOIDA

In a proactive step to safeguard adolescent girls from cervical cancer, the Gautam Budh Nagar district administration on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) worth Rs.89 lakh with the Government of India Mint, Noida, officials informed.

The initiative aims to provide free HPV (Human Papillomavirus) vaccination to 2,500 girls between the ages of 9 and 20. The campaign will be jointly supervised by the district administration and the health department and executed in two phases. The second dose of the vaccine will be administered six months after the first, as per standard medical guidelines.

To be sure, the India Government Mint, Noida is one of four official mints in India responsible for pro...