{"id":5584,"date":"2025-01-21T15:28:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T15:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/?p=5584"},"modified":"2025-01-21T15:28:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T15:28:43","slug":"dr-nyongesa-welcomes-govt-call-for-hpv-vaccination-for-girls-aged-below-15-in-cervical-cancer-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/2025\/01\/21\/dr-nyongesa-welcomes-govt-call-for-hpv-vaccination-for-girls-aged-below-15-in-cervical-cancer-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Nyongesa Welcomes Gov\u2019t Call for HPV vaccination for girls aged below 15 in cervical cancer fight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-21-at-9.15.39-AM-682x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-21-at-9.15.39-AM-682x1024.jpeg 682w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-21-at-9.15.39-AM-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-21-at-9.15.39-AM-768x1153.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-21-at-9.15.39-AM-1023x1536.jpeg 1023w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-21-at-9.15.39-AM-rotated.jpeg 1066w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Renowned oncologist, Founder, Managing Director and the Chief Executive Officer of the Texas Cancer Center Dr. Catherine Nyongesa has thrown her weight and support towards the Government\u2019s call for HPV vaccination for girls aged below 15 in the cervical cancer fight.<br>The HPV vaccine protects against the types of HPV that most often cause cervical, vaginal, and vulvar cancers. HPV vaccination is recommended for preteens aged 11 to 12 years, but can be given starting at age 9.<br>Dr. Nyongesa, expressed her confidence in the government\u2019s committment to ensuring all girls below the age of 15 get vaccinated to protect them against HPV, which can cause cervical cancer.<br>\u201cRegular cervical cancer screening can detect precancerous changes early, calling on women aged between 25 and 50 to be screened for cervical cancer every five years, starting at age 25.<br>\u201cIt is very critical at this time that any girl below the age of 15 should be taken for HPV vaccinations. Similarly, any woman between the ages of 25 and 50 should go for screening,\u201d Dr. Nyongesa observed<br>Dr. Nyongesa\u2019s parting shot is that You should get screened for cervical cancer regularly, even if you received an HPV vaccine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned oncologist, Founder, Managing Director and the Chief Executive Officer of the Texas Cancer Center&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5584"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5586,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5584\/revisions\/5586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}