• My dream is that each girl is protected
The wife of the governor of the state of Oyo, the engineer Tamunominini Makinde, has been decorated as a state ambassador for HPV vaccination with the aim of empowering adolescents and young women to make informed decisions about their health, education, support and well -being.
Speaking at the launch of the Oya campaign for the female effect in association with the Board of Primary Health Care of the State of Oyo, the engineer Tamunomini Makinde said that his dream is that all girls are well protected from cervical cancer through vaccination and becomes a vaccination champion against HU HUV.
According to her, “Oya is a colloquial word that says” let's go. “So it's more like saying, let's go and work to protect our girls. Today, we are here to campaign and raise awareness about the HPV vaccine, as well as encourage girls between the ages of 9 and 14 years to receive the vaccine.
“It has been shown that the vaccine is a shield against several forms of cancer, including cervical cancer. By vaccinating our girls early, we are protecting them from preventable disease, thus ensuring a healthier future for them.
“The health of our children is a shared responsibility, so we work together in harmony to ensure that our girls are immune against cervical cancer. Prevention is better than healing, and unfortunately, most cancers have no cure, so the best we can do for our children is to take it that they will do well if they take the vaccine.
“We all promise to promote healthy eating habits in our homes. When we and our girls are healthy, we can dream big and learn better things to improve our lives.”
The state commissioner for Health, Dr. Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi, declared that Oya's campaign in the state of Oyo marked a significant milestone in the collective search to strengthen adolescent health systems and defend preventive medical care as a cornerstone of sustainable development.
According to her, Oya's campaign, beyond immunization, adopts a multisectoral framework that incorporates nutritional education, health promotion and psychosocial support for adolescents on platforms in a culturally sensitive and sensitive way to adolescents.
Therefore, Dr. Ajetunmobi urged parents, educators, traditional and religious leaders and other interested parties to possess the campaign, saying that it is to ensure that girls are not only protected from the disease but also can prosper in all aspects of life.
“Oya's campaign is a call for clarification to urgent and coordinated action. It represents an integrated public health strategy designed to improve consciousness, access and absorption of human papillomava vaccine (HPV), a scientifically validated validated intervention for the primary prevention of cervical cancer, which remains one of the main causes of mortality related to cancer among women in women in women in Africa Sub -Saharan, “he added.
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The director of the country of Girl Effect Nigeria, Boladale Akin-Kolapo, said that the campaign, supported by Gavi, the Vaccinas Alliance, and implemented in collaboration with the Development Board of the Ministry of Health and Primary Health Care of Oyo, is designed not only to be a campaign but also as a movement and a promise.
According to her, Girls Effect, a non -profit organization of the United Kingdom, believes that when girls are informed, supported and empowered, they become unstoppable forces for transformation in their homes, schools, communities and nations.
“It is a promise to protect girls from cervical cancer, a promise to break the silence and stigma around the health of adolescents, and a promise of carrying services that save lives such as the vaccine against HPV to every corner of the state of Oyo and make sure that no girl is left behind.
“Let's not move away from the conversations that can save their lives. Provide access to the attention they deserve so that they can become strong, healthy and unstoppable women.”
Dr. Adeyemi Adewole, director of Health Planning, Research and Statistics of the Primary Care Board of the State of Oyo, in an overview of cervical cancer, said that HPV is the main causal agent for cervical cancer, the second most common cancer in women.
He said that 12,000 new cases of cervical cancer occur every year, with 8000 women dying due to cancer, although the condition can be prevented through vaccination.