2023-09-28 14:46:38
Responsible for several cancers, including that of the cervix, papillomaviruses have been the subject of vaccine control for more than twenty years. In order to accelerate prevention, the government is setting up a major vaccination campaign in middle schools, starting in fifth grade, and parents have until Thursday evening to give their consent.
Announced in Jarnac last February by the President of the Republic, vaccination once morest papillomaviruses should begin next week in French colleges.
Vaccination is not obligatory, even if it is strongly recommended, and fifth grade students will benefit from a first dose between Monday October 2 and December, and a second in the spring, between April and June.
All families of fifth grade students must complete a form to authorize, or not, the vaccination of their child. A few hours before registrations for the injection close, in Poitou-Charentes, the number of consents collected is far from the count. As of September 27, for a population of 20,826 fifth-grade middle school students, only one family in three had returned the form, and the membership rate is only around 20%. However, these figures should be revised upwards at the end of the week, when the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Regional Health Agency will have collected all the forms.
In France, vaccination coverage once morest papillomaviruses remains too low. In the region, 9% of boys and 46% of girls under 16 have received both injections, while the World Health Organization recommends one 90% vaccination coverage to eliminate cervical cancer.
Each year, papillomavirus infections cause 30,000 precancerous lesions of the cervix and 6,000 new cases of cancer In France. Cervical cancer is the most common and causes a thousand deaths annually. The vagina, penis, anus and ENT sphere (notably the throat and esophagus) are also affected.
In addition to cancers, papillomaviruses cause 30 to 50,000 cases of precancerous lesions which present obstetric risks for patients, and around 100,000 condyloma (genital warts) which are physically and psychologically painful.
The Gardasil 9 vaccine, intended for the vaccination of middle school students, has already been inoculated more than 300 million times around the world. • © MARTIN ROCHE / OUEST-FRANCE / MAXPPP
To fight once morest these infections, vaccination is more than 90% effective if it is carried out before the start of sexual life, for both girls and boys, because they can be transmitted by simple contact, through the skin or mucous membranes. , and not just during penetrative sex.
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