Delhi has become the first state in the country to launch the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine as a public health programme for school children in school.
•    HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI). 
•    HPV is a different virus than HIV and HSV (herpes). HPV is so common that nearly all sexually active men and women get it at some point in their lives. 
•    There are many different types of HPV. Some types can cause health problems including genital warts and cancers. 
•    Health Minister Satyendar Jain said girls studying in Class VI in government schools will be targeted in the first year. 
•    This will be completed in the current academic year over two phases.
•    The HPV vaccine protects people against the group of 150-odd HPVs, some of which can cause cervical cancer.
•    Children will be given two doses of the vaccine. The first and the second doses will be given within a gap of 30 days.
•    Third booster dose will be given within 240 days of the first vaccine, which will be covered in the next phase.