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- The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) has recommended the introduction of HPV vaccine in the UIP.
- NTAGI is an advisory body that recommends vaccines for India’s Universal Immunization Programme (UIP).
- Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a group of more than 150 viruses. It is usually harmless and goes away by itself.
- However, some types cause papilloma or warts in parts of the body.
- HPV spreads by skin-to-skin contact and is the most common sexually transmitted infection.
- HPV is commonly associated with cervical cancer.
- India has one of the world’s highest burdens of HPV-related cancer and around 67,000 women die from this disease each year.
- HPV vaccines offered by private firms face clinical trial issues in India on concerns of side-effects.
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