Year's announcement: In February, the vaccine of 12-year-old girls against cervical cancer begins

On the first occasion of the week of awareness against cervical cancer, the Ministry of Health and the National Institute of Public Health of Kosovo ( IKKPK has called on all girls and women to take the vaccine in order to prevent and protect against this malignant disease. This February vaccine will enter the regular vaccine calendar in Kosovo, where girls will be vaccinated from the age of 12.

At a discussion table, Health Minister Arben Vitita said regular tests, including PAP's test and anti-pilloma vaccine are among the main preventative interventions that need to be energized and used along with quality health treatment of the affected.

Vitia pointed out that they are headed towards finalising the national cancer control program until she added that cervical cancer will have the attention deserved in addition to breast cancer, the virquental of others with greater potential risk.

He added that they have secured about 15 thousand doses of the vaccine against the papyrus virus, until he added that as of mid-February, the vaccine of all sixth-grade girls across our country will begin, for which he urged parents to respond positively to the vaccine.

Health Minister Arben Vitita said that malignant diseases, and in particular cervical cancer, are a real challenge for health institutions, our society, women's health and all those affected by these diseases.

He added that in Kosovo female genital cancer presents the second most frequent cancer among female cancer, and the fourth by frequency among all cancer groups.

Similarly, National Institute of Public Health Director (IKSHPK) Naser Ramadani said that the purpose of the world's marking against cervical cancer is to dissemination citizens, health workers and decision-makers, including prevention.

He added that the world week of cervical cancer is an opportunity to reflect on the progress made so far and raise awareness of the challenges remaining to reaching the completion of cervical cancer.

The Mithra Qafa Cancer Prevention Week is a European campaign aimed at boosting awareness of early prevention and seizure of cervical cancer in women. The European Mithra Qafa Cancer Association has been organising the campaign since 2002, while since 2007, the European Week of Cancer Prevention is organised annually in the last week of January. /kpress/