M. Health has ordered 300 vaccines for protection from cervical cancer

The Health Ministry has ordered 300 vaccines against the papyrus virus (HPV), a vaccine that protects from cervical cancer. So has Deputy Health Minister Dafina Geja, who participated in the table organised by the Kosovo Parliament's Sustainable Development Council, where it was discussed about meeting Target 3 “Good Health and Good Health”, respectively: Good health and prosperity: The cancer prevention of Mithra's neck.

Deputy Health Minister Gexha said that this minister under the Strategy 2021-2025 prioritizes the treatment of infectious diseases through drafting the infectious disease programme 2022-2032.

She added that they are now in the phase of establishing the National Board for cancer control, as the current board is inactive.

The Ministry of Health within its own policies is in the phase of establishing the National Board for cancer control because the Board has expired and I believe that with the functioning functioning of the new Board, we will be yielding and implementing different cancer programmes, among which, the cervical cancer programme will be a priority in knowing that cervical cancer with early detection but also with vaccines can be prevented... This year, vaccines are scheduled to be included under expansion of the vaccine programme HPVs will be given in cases of epidemiological indicators and for your information are planned and 300 HPV vaccines for 12-26 age groupings are ordered, this is for 2022, while within the framework of the 2023 extended immunization programme are designed to add three new vaccines among them, she said.

Ejection of the vaccine HPV in the vaccine plan has welcomed the United Nations Development Co-ordinator in Kosovo, Ulrika Richardson, who considers that this vaccine will have to become mandatory.

I think we have all the elements available to make a decision to introduce this as one of the mandatory vaccines, one of the general vaccines in Kosovo's vaccine program, so it's very encouraging to hear that. As I could understand, this is in your 2023 plan. There's a lot to think about when you introduce this kind of vaccine. There are many experiences from many different countries in the region and beyond, and it is also very important to understand from society why this vaccine has been introduced because in some countries it has been highly controversial in the introduction of such a vaccine. The vaccine for young girls and boys at school. So there must be very close co-operation with schools... It needs really careful planning. There is a need for much preparation by teachers, by doctors, so families can understand why this is important, and not mention the explanation that children need to be made, because when we talk about children, the vaccine may begin at the age of 9. It should be explained why this is considered necessary”, she said.

Kosovo Parliament's Sustainable Development Council Chairman Fatmire Kolcak said that the COVID-19 pandemic and parliamentary elections facing the country in these two years have influenced the agenda of this Council to lag behind.

Kolcak said this discussion table that held today the main recommendation should be to provide the vaccine HPV for the prevention of cervical cancer.

“Fokus The theme is cervical cancer, and the focus is that it can be prevented from different forms of cancer that can only be diagnosed means that this is also from the one that can be prevented by the application of the vaccine HPV, therefore, as the main recommendation from this table I expect all of us to strongly argue why funds will have to be allocated as a state and why the means for donor support should be found... ..even though we can talk about the importance of a vaccine that still saves “, she stressed.