India, April 4 -- The district's health department has begun rolling out the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine at primary (PHC) and urban primary health centres (UPHC), officials said on Friday.

The vaccination campaign to provide free Gardasil-4 shots to girls aged 14, began on February 26 at the Civil Hospital in Sector 10A and at sub-divisional hospitals in Sohna, Pataudi and Farrukh Nagar. The campaign will now include around 30 UPHCs, PHCs and a polyclinic in Sector 31, according to officials privy to the matter.

Dr Lokveer Singh, chief medical officer of Gurugram, said the decision was aimed at improving immunisation coverage against cervical cancer. "The first phase is focused on providing a free vaccination shot to ...