Nepal, May 12 -- The government has begun administering the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to 1.45 million adolescent girls aged 10 to 14 in the current fiscal year. However, women from other age groups are not included in this vaccination campaign. According to recent data, a total of 13.44 million women in Nepal have not received the HPV vaccine. Women who have not received or could not access the vaccine are at risk of developing cervical cancer.

According to Globocan's 2020 data, 2,244 women in Nepal are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year, making it the second most common cancer among women after lung cancer. On average, four women die each day in Nepal due to cervical cancer.

To reduce the risk of cervical cancer, the gov...