Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Launches Nationwide HPV Vaccination Drive for 14-Year-Old Girls from Ajmer, Rajasthan
- Nationwide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign launched by PM Modi from Ajmer, Rajasthan, targeting 14-year-old girls as India's flagship intervention against cervical cancer.
- Vaccination is voluntary, free-of-cost, single-dose, administered after consent at Government Health Facilities.
- UPSC relevance: intersects GS-II (health policy, women & child welfare) and GS-III (S&T, public health interventions) and links to WHO 90-70-90 cervical cancer elimination targets.