CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu is set to roll out an ambitious health initiative to promote women’s wellness, with a mobile-based “Women Wellness in Week” (WWW) project aimed at providing exclusive cancer screening for women across every district. Health and Family Welfare Minister Ma Subramanian on Sunday announced that the programme, costing Rs 41 crore, will be operational within the next ten days. Each district will be equipped with a specially designed vehicle to conduct breast and cervical cancer screening for women in their respective localities.

The Minister further said that a free vaccination drive against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV), a major cause of cervical cancer, will soon be launched for all girls below 14 years of age adding that tenders for vaccine procurement have already been

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