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Kenya: Covid-19 Hampers Kenya's Cervical Cancer Vaccination Campaign
Nation, 28 July 2020
As Kenya battles the Covid-19 pandemic, concern is rising over the low numbers of girls getting vaccinated against cervical cancer. Read more »
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Kenya: Kenya Rolls Out Key Vaccination to Prevent Cervical Cancer
Capital FM, 19 October 2019
Kenya has rolled out a key vaccine Human Papillomavirus (HPV) to help protect young women against cervical cancer. Read more »
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Kenya: Kenya Launches Cervical Cancer Vaccine
Nation, 18 October 2019
The long-awaited launch of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination is expected to take place in Mombasa Friday. Read more »
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Kenya: Good News as Govt Rolls Out Cervical Cancer Vaccination
Nairobi News, 16 October 2019
The Ministry of Health will on Friday roll out the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) virus vaccine against cervical cancer in Mombasa county. Read more »
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Kenya: State to Roll Out Cervical Cancer Vaccination
Nation, 21 August 2019
The government is set to roll out mass vaccination of girls against cervical cancer in two weeks, even as doctors affiliated to the Catholic Church have contested the move citing a… Read more »
Covid-19 Hampers Kenya's Cervical Cancer Vaccination Campaign
An official update on the programme indicates that more than 400,000 girls aged 10 have missed out on the first phase of the exercise due to closure of schools for December holidays and subsequently due to Covid-19. The government kicked off the cervical cancer immunisation programme on October 18, 2019.
InFocus
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While addressing the nation on Covid-19 containment measures in Kenya, President Uhuru Kenyatta reiterated the need for seriousness as the country's infections spike. He has not ... Read more »
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From a turnaround of 24 hours when the novel coronavirus first struck in Kenya in March, it is now reportedly taking more than seven days to get results. Meanwhile, those tested go ... Read more »
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Education Cabinet Secretary Professor George Magoha has said it will not be practical and safe to re-open schools because the peak period for the novel coronavirus infections is ... Read more »
Health Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki witnesses the vaccination a 10 year old girl with HPV vaccine at Othaya Health Centre in Nyeri County (file photo).
