Sudha Murty calls for govt-backed Cervical Cancer Vaccine Program in her maiden parliamentary speech

Philanthropist and author Sudha Murty on Tuesday pressed for a government-sponsored vaccination programme to combat cervical cancer. In her maiden speech in the Rajya Sabha, she also pitched for promoting domestic tourism. Murty was nominated by the President to the upper house on the eve of International Women's Day. "There is a vaccination which is given to girls, between the age of nine to 14, known as a cervical vaccination. If the girls take that, it (cancer) can be avoided ... we should promote vaccination for the benefit of our girls because prevention is better than cure," Murty said.