Recently, the People’s Government of Gucheng District of Lijiang City issued a notice on the “Implementation Plan of Cervical Cancer Vaccination for 14-year-old Women in Ancient City District”. The notice pointed out that, in order to care and care for women of school age in the ancient city, starting this year, the ancient city will start the free vaccination of 14-year-old women with cervical cancer. Gucheng District is the first district and county in Yunnan Province to offer free vaccinations for 14-year-old women.
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Cervical cancer is the most common malignancy in gynecology tumor. At present, in my country, the incidence of cervical cancer ranks first among malignant tumors of the female reproductive system, and there is a trend of younger age in recent years. The HPV vaccine is the world’s first vaccine to prevent cancer and can effectively reduce the probability of cervical cancer.
Photo by Deng Ruoqun
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It is understood that based on the principle of informed and voluntary, from April 2022, It will be funded by the financial funds of the Gucheng District People’s Government to provide free “bivalent” cervical cancer vaccines to women with household registration in Gucheng District who were born after January 1, 2008 and who are over 14 years old the first dose of cervical cancer vaccine during the year). There are 11 cervical cancer vaccination sites, which are set up in the Gucheng District People’s Hospital, the Gucheng District Women’s Planning Center (Guangzhou District Health Center), community health service centers, and township health centers. Eligible people who should be vaccinated must take their ID cards or household registration books to the cervical cancer vaccination points set up in the ancient city area to be vaccinated.
The reporter learned from the Gucheng District Health and Health Bureau that at present, the appointment registration window has been opened. The 14-year-old female cervical cancer vaccination unit and contact information in Gucheng District are as follows.
The relevant person in charge of the Gucheng District Health and Health Bureau introduced that the Gucheng District Committee and the District Government attach great importance to the health of the people in the area, and People’s health and other matters of people’s livelihood should be taken as the top priority. The free cervical cancer vaccination work will benefit more than 700 eligible women in the ancient city. He said: “I believe that through this work, the health level of women in the ancient city area will be greatly improved, the incidence of cervical cancer in women will be reduced, and the health of the people in the area will be effectively protected.”
The ancient city area. The Health Bureau recommends that women of school age in the region receive cervical cancer vaccine as soon as possible to build an immune barrier.