Dr Naziru Tanko Mohammed, Deputy Programmes Manager, Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) in a presentation at a Media engagement on Vaccine uptake in Ghana said plans were afoot to roll it out by close of the year.

Cervical cancer is the second most common female cancer among women between the ages of 15 to 44 years and has a high prevalence rate in Ghana and reports show that over 57 percent of Ghanaian women visiting Korle-Bu teaching hospital had cervical cancer.

According to the Global cancer observatory, cervical cancer was the third highest in cancers in 2020., recording the second highest number of new cases after breast cancer in Ghana.

The Cost of a single cervical cancer dose vaccination ranged from Gh250 to Gh500 in public. hospitals and between Gh1000 and Gh1,500 in private hospitals, slowing down coverage of vaccination of the disease.

He said globally vaccinations had proved to be one of the surest and safest ways to prevent complications and fatalities of many diseases citing the successes in the routine vaccinations of the childhood killer diseases in Ghana.

“Vaccines are not theories; they actually work to prevent many diseases and fatalities and has been helpful in eliminating most childhood diseases in children under five years and therefore we must take all vaccinations seriously to enhance our health” Journey.

Dr Mohammed was making a presentation on Ghana’s Expanded Programme on Immunisation: “The Journey So far” at a two-day training workshop for journalists on Uptake of Vaccines in Ghana.