State to launch HPV vaccination drive today | Kolkata News

Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari will flag off the HPV (human papilloma virus) vaccination programme for teenaged girls from Bidhannagar Subdivisional Hospital on Saturday.While most states in India started the pan-India vaccination drive in Feb, the implementation in Bengal got delayed owing to the assembly elections.“We are finally rolling out the vaccination campaign in the…

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Rekha Gupta writes: Delhi’s Menstrual Health Campaign Is Trying to End Generations of Silence

For generations, the word “menstruation” has been carefully avoided in classroom conversations, in homes, and certainly in Indian public life. That silence ended on the 74th Independence Day, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation without reservation and spoke about menstrual hygiene. He highlighted the government’s efforts to make sanitary pads accessible to all…

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