Shimla, Feb. 28 -- Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu launched the State-Level HPV Vaccination Campaign against cervical cancer from IGMC Shimla on Saturday. He said that within the next 90 days, 65,000 girls aged 14 years across the state would receive the HPV vaccine.

According to an official release, appealing to parents, Panchayat representatives and health workers, the Chief Minister urged everyone to help make the campaign a success and stressed the importance of spreading public awareness.

Expressing concern over the rising number of cancer cases in the state, the Chief Minister said the state government was giving special priority to tackling the disease. He said that for the past 40 years, governments had continued wi...