Science and Technology › Health and disease
हिन्दी — Read in HindiVaccines and immunisation
New vaccines, the campaigns that deliver them, and the alliances that fund vaccines for the world. Prelims has asked about COVID-19 vaccine platforms and why pneumococcal conjugate vaccines matter for India.
Foundation note: The immunisation programme and how vaccines are made
Showing 1 of 4 articles, those that changed from 1 to 30 June 2026.Show all
National HPV Vaccination Campaign
Copy link to National HPV Vaccination CampaignPrelims and Mains
Cervical cancer is one of the few cancers with a single known cause, and human papillomavirus (HPV) is it.
- HPV types 16 and 18 cause most cervical cancers.
- The campaign was launched in February 2026 and offers girls of 14 a single free and voluntary dose at government health facilities.
- The World Health Organization (WHO) accepted in 2022 that one dose protects girls of this age about as well as two.
What changed
20 Jun 2026BriefA Lancet study found no cervical cancer deaths among women aged 20 to 24 in England after HPV vaccination at 12 to 13. A review at one Indian hospital finds HPV, mainly type 16, increasingly behind oropharyngeal cancers in young patients without tobacco use. Mains: prevention must widen from tobacco control to HPV awareness, vaccination of boys and early screening. The Hindu, 20 Jun 2026: Tobacco apart, HPV is now emerging as a major risk factor for head and neck cancers in young Indians (opens in a new tab) · The Hindu, 19 Jun 2026: Cervical cancer deaths for vaccinated young women fall to zero in England: study (opens in a new tab)