Migori County health practitioners have witnessed an improvement in the number of vaccinated girls aged 10 to 14 years against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) .
Speaking at his office, Dr.
Paul Olik, the lead doctor for non-communicable diseases at Migori Referral Hospital, said that they have been able to vaccinate 45,000 girls, which is above 50 per cent of their target this year. "Our target for this financial year was to vaccinate 91,000 girls in Migori.
We are elated to have vaccinated 45,000, which is above 50 per cent, and are working to achieve our target in the next three months to vaccinate about 20,000 girls to reach above 70 per cent to near our target," said Olik.
