From April 1 this year, the People’s Government of Gucheng District of Lijiang City will provide free cervical cancer vaccination for women aged 14 and over, becoming the first district and county in Yunnan to vaccinate women aged 14 for free.
On February 21, the People’s Government of Gucheng District, Lijiang City issued a notice on the “Implementation Plan for Cervical Cancer Vaccination for 14-year-old Women in Gucheng District”. The notice pointed out that the free vaccination of cervical cancer vaccine for 14-year-old women is to care and care for women of school age. Based on the principle of informed and voluntary, it is funded by the financial funds of the ancient city people’s government. Free vaccination of “bivalent” cervical cancer vaccine for women with household registration in the ancient city area who were born after January 1, 2008 and over 14 years old cancer vaccine).
“The free cervical cancer vaccination work will benefit more than 700 eligible women in the ancient city.” According to He Chengzhi, deputy secretary and deputy director of the Party Working Committee of the Gucheng District Health Bureau, the district The district government takes people’s health and other livelihood matters as the top priority. It is hoped that the development of this work can effectively reduce the incidence of cervical cancer in women and protect the health of the people in the area.
It is understood that a total of 11 cervical cancer vaccination sites have been set up for this vaccination work, which are located in the Gucheng District People’s Hospital, the Gucheng District Women’s Economic Center (district health care center), various community health service centers, and township health centers. hospital. Eligible people who should be vaccinated only need to take their ID card or household registration book to the cervical cancer vaccination point set up in the ancient city area to be vaccinated.
Yunnan Net reporter Li Wenshi, correspondent and Xueyuan Zhang Kai