Dubai: The Gulf, as part of its efforts to promote public health and prevent applicable diseases, the Ministry of Health and Community Protection revealed that the pre -emptive strategy to combat HPV (HPV) aims to reduce the incidence of cervical cancer and other diseases associated with the virus. She explained that one of the most prominent strategy initiatives; Insert the vaccine in the national immunization program in 2018 for females, which made the first Emirates in the eastern Mediterranean region, which provides this vaccination to school students from 13 to 14 years old. In 2023, in a pioneering step, the Ministry announced the expansion of the immunization program against the HPV, to include males in the 13-14-year-old age.
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