2023-09-02 06:55:37
The vaccination campaign once morest the papillomavirus, first promised for the start of the school year by Emmanuel Macron, will begin on October 2 in colleges, indicated the Minister of Health and Prevention Aurélien Rousseau.
The “widespread” vaccination of pupils in 5th grade once morest human papillomaviruses (HPV), originally promised at the start of the year by Emmanuel Macron, will begin on Monday, October 2 in colleges announced Friday the Minister of Health and of Prevention Aurélien Rousseau, with our colleagues at Brut.
Multiple obstacles have hitherto weighed in France on vaccination once morest the human papillomavirus, in particular ignorance of the impact of the vaccine in preventing cancer, or even socio-economic difficulties.
But from October, a month following the start of the school year, the vaccination campaign once morest the papillomavirus will finally be open in the colleges. Before that, a communication campaign will be launched this Monday, September 4th.
In France, HPV vaccination, which requires two injections, has been recommended for girls aged 11 to 14 since 2007, and for boys of the same age since 2021.
More than 6,000 new cases of cancer
Each year in the country, HPV, the English abbreviation for “human papillomavirus”, are responsible for more than 6,000 new cases of cancer, most often of the cervix, which causes 1,100 deaths per year, of the vulva or vagina, but also the ENT sphere, the anus or the penis. “There are countries that have managed to eradicate these diseases. It’s in your hands,” said Minister of Health and Prevention Aurélien Rousseau at Brut.
A recent study published in “The Lancet” showed that, at any given time, 31% of men over the age of 15 are infected with an HPV-like virus. More importantly, one in five men (21%) is a carrier of oncogenic HPV, that is to say potentially the cause of cancer.
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