Penang spearheads HPV jabs for males

Chow (right) looks on as a visitor to the event receives her free HPV vaccine inside the NCSM truck parked at the venue of the state-level vaccination programme in Bukit Mertajam, Penang.

WHEN project coordinator Lim San Hoe accompanied his sister to the state-level HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccination programme, little did he know that he would also get inoculated.

“I did not know that men can also receive the vaccine.