Kogi, NGO task journalists on cervical cancer, HPV prevention
08 May 2024 |
3:53 am
John-Stow International (JSI), in collaboration with the Kogi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (KSPHCDA), has tasked journalists in the state to drive the campaign against cervical cancer and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) in the state.
John-Stow International (JSI), in collaboration with the Kogi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (KSPHCDA), has tasked journalists in the state to drive the campaign against cervical cancer and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) in the state.
They gave the charge, yesterday, during a media dialogue on cervical cancer and HPV vaccination introduction in Kogi, held in Lokoja. Giving an overview of the HPV Programme Partners Initiative (HAPPI), the Social Behavioural Change Focal Person for JSI, Kannah Ibrahim, said in 2020, over 600,000 women were affected by cervical cancer worldwide.
He added: “Out of this figure, more than 50 per cent lost their lives. Those diagnosed of cervical cancer, according to research, are women living in developing countries like Nigeria.”
According to Ibrahim, the organisation is kick-starting the second phase of the vaccine in which Kogi happens to be one of the beneficiary states.
“We started this campaign in 2023. Sixteen states have benefitted from this vaccination campaign. Now Kogi will join the beneficiaries. Our target is girls between the ages of nine and 14 years of age.
“We will be engaging stakeholders such as traditional rulers, religious leaders, schools and out-of-school girls. We will also embark on community engagement for hard-to-reach areas to ensure effective implementation of this programme in Kogi and Nigeria in general,” he added.
In her presentation, ‘Understanding the Cervical Cancer Disease, Burden in Nigeria’, a consultant with KSPHCDA Dr Mary Alexander, disclosed that cervical cancer and breast cancer were the most common in women in developing countries.
She said the vaccine would help stabilise the immune system to fight the virus in the body, adding that the flag-off of the vaccination in Kogi would be on May 27, 2021, across the 21 local councils in the state.
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