Parents urged to vaccinate girls against cervical cancer
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health authorities put the campaign at November 11 to 24, while a Chitral report says 22,000 girls are to be covered.
Health authorities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have asked parents to get their daughters aged 9 to 14 vaccinated against cervical cancer, in a campaign the Associated Press of Pakistan said is scheduled to run from November 11 to 24 across the province.
APP reported on November 8 that the drive is meant to protect adolescent girls from human papillomavirus (HPV), which its report called the primary cause of cervical cancer. The vaccine being administered is safe and effective, according to the authorities quoted in the APP report, and is to be given to girls in that age group.
Chitral Today reported that the vaccination drive would cover 22,000 girls. APP's report gave no figure for the number of girls the provincial campaign is expected to reach and did not break the campaign down by district.
The reports differ on when the campaign begins in Chitral. APP placed the provincial campaign at November 11 to 24. The News International reported that the campaign against cervical cancer in Chitral would begin the day its report appeared, placing the district drive earlier than the provincial dates APP carried.
APP did not name the department or the officials who issued the appeal to parents. Its report carried no district-wise schedule and no list of vaccination centres.
Chitral Today and The News International both reported on Chitral specifically. APP described the campaign as running across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and filed the report from Islamabad.
The appeal is directed at parents of girls in the 9 to 14 age band, the group the campaign is designed to reach, according to the APP report. No official was named as issuing it in either report.
How the reports differ
APP reported the campaign as a provincial drive running November 11 to 24 and gave no target figure. Chitral Today put the number of girls to be covered at 22,000, the only such figure in the three reports. The News International reported that the campaign in Chitral would begin the day its report appeared, earlier than the provincial dates APP carried. Both Chitral reports were limited to the district, while APP described a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-wide campaign.
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