{"id":277766,"date":"2024-01-13T19:37:49","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T14:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=277766"},"modified":"2024-01-13T19:37:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T14:07:49","slug":"on-the-cervical-cancer-vaccine-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/on-the-cervical-cancer-vaccine-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Cervical Cancer Vaccine Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source:<\/strong> This post on the Cervical Cancer Vaccine Drive has been created based on the article \u201cExpress View on cervical cancer vaccine drive: A healthy new year\u201d<\/strong> published in \u201cIndian Express\u201d<\/strong> on 13th <\/sup>January 2024.<\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus Topic: <\/strong>GS Paper 2 Social Justice \u2013 Issues relating to Health.<\/p>\n

News:<\/strong> The article discusses the proposed cervical cancer vaccination drive in India.<\/p>\n

Background:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Around 75,000 women in India die each year <\/strong>of cervical cancer. India accounts for 1\/5th of the world\u2019s cervical vaccine burden<\/strong>. It is also the 2nd-most common cancer among Indian women<\/strong>, after breast cancer.<\/p>\n

The Government is planning to roll out vaccines for cervical cancer later this year. Cervavac<\/strong> is the indigenous vaccine, developed by the Serum Institute of India (SII), that will be used in the government campaign.<\/p>\n

What is Human Papillomavirus (HPV)? <\/strong><\/h2>\n

HPV is a common virus and 90% of sexually active women already have it.<\/p>\n

At least 14 HPV types<\/strong> have been identified to have the potential to cause cancer. Among these, HPV types 16 and 18 are the most lethal.<\/p>\n

How does the HPV vaccine prevent cancers?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It prevents the entry<\/strong> of four common types of HPV (Type 16, 18, 6 and 11) thereby preventing infections and genital warts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

More than 95% of all cervical cancer cases<\/strong> are linked to persistent infection with high-risk strains of HPV. Thus, vaccination can be effectively used to thereby prevent cervical cancer cases.<\/p>\n

HPV infection is also linked to cancers of anus, vagina and oropharynx<\/strong>, which can also be reduced through it.<\/p>\n

Who should get the HPV vaccine?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

1) The vaccine must be administered in adolescent girls before they are sexually active<\/strong>. This is because the vaccine can only prevent the entry of the virus. The response to the vaccine is also better in adolescence.<\/p>\n

2) Although not covered by the planned government campaign, the vaccine can also be administered to adolescent boys<\/strong> and is recommended for men who have sex with men<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

3) While the vaccine is not as effective among older women, it can still be administered up to the age of 45 years.<\/p>\n

What are the challenges in preventing cervical cancer through vaccination?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  1. Expensive: <\/strong>It costs about Rs 2,000 a shot, hence expensive for a large section of the country\u2019s population.<\/li>\n
  2. Lack of Awareness: <\/strong>There is a huge lack of awareness about the disease.
    \nFor instance, a minimum of two screenings of women by age 35 and again by age 45 is recommended but doesn\u2019t usually happen in India.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Question for practice:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    What is Human Papillomavirus (HPV)? What are the challenges in administering a mass vaccination drive against HPV in India?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Source: This post on the Cervical Cancer Vaccine Drive has been created based on the article \u201cExpress View on cervical cancer vaccine drive: A healthy new year\u201d published in \u201cIndian Express\u201d on 13th January 2024. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 Social Justice \u2013 Issues relating to Health. News: The article discusses the proposed cervical… Continue reading On the Cervical Cancer Vaccine Drive<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9,163],"tags":[212,10500,232],"class_list":["post-277766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","category-social-justice","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","tag-social-justice","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277766\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}