Renaud Muselier wants to go further than Emmanuel Macron’s announcement on the papillomavirus.
The Head of State announced on Tuesday a generalization of vaccination once morest human papillomavirus (HPV) for all 5th gradersstarting next school year.
“I urge the regional community to support and complement this essential system, by constituting a “second curtain” to promote the vaccination of our high school students”said this Wednesday the president of the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur region.
“Financial support”
In concrete terms, the Region will strengthen the Youth Health Pass to “support financially” THE high school students between 15 and 19 years oldwho want to be vaccinated.
“We are going to strengthen the means of this Pass, whose credits have now run out over the current school year, to relaunch it by the end of March. Young people will be able to go to the single platform of the Pass to benefit in particular from a first consultation with a doctor able to prescribe the vaccine.”
In September, the Pass Santé Jeunes check book will be reinforced, with a “coupon-vaccination specifically dedicated” au papillomavirus.
At the same time, a communication and awareness campaign will be launched in all high schools in the region.
Objective 80% vaccinated in 2030
Vaccination, covered by health insurance, is today recommended for girls and boys between 11 and 14 years old.
It can be offered as a catch-up until the age of 19 and remains possible up to 26 years for men who have sex with men.
Fin 2021, 45.8% of 15-year-old girls had received a dose of vaccine, and only 6% of boys of the same age, while the ten-year cancer control strategy 2021-2030 aims for a target of 80% within seven years.
More than 6,000 cancers per year
These announcements come days before World Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Disease Awareness Day.
Extremely frequentthese infections are mostly mild, but they can persist and lead to cancer.
HPVs are responsible for 2,900 cancers of the cervix causing more than 1,000 deaths per year, 1,500 cancers of the ENT sphere, 1,500 cancers of the anus, 200 cancers of the vulva or vagina and a hundred cancers of the penis. .
These cancers would be totally eliminable through screening and vaccination, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
