2023-08-01 08:32:00
We can never protect ourselves too much. From September 2023, middle school students in 5th grade will be able to be vaccinated free of charge within their establishment to ensure better protection against cancers linked to human papillomaviruses (HPV).
Vaccination effective for 90% of HPV
HPVs are among the most common sexually transmitted infections. These viruses are most often transmitted during sexual intercourse with or without penetration. 80% of people will be infected at some point in their lives.
Among the 200 types of HPV identified, 12 are carcinogenic. These diseases are responsible for 6,400 new cases cancers and precancerous lesions of the cervix every year.
This vaccination has been recommended in France since 2007 for girls and since 2021 for boys.
Having your child vaccinated from the age of 11 guarantees that the vaccine is more effective. It is a preventive vaccination: it is necessary to protect adolescents before they are infected”, explains ARS Occitanie.
Nearly 70,000 middle school students concerned
ARS Occitanie will launch a vaccination campaign for middle school girls and boys, from the start of the next school year. Parental consent will be required.
In practice, mobile vaccination teams will intervene in the 584 public and private establishments in the region. Objective: to carry out the complete HPV vaccination schedule over the same school year to at least 30% of targeted adolescents.
Vaccination against HPV of boys will, subject to sufficient vaccination coverage, curb transmission within the general population, and thus better protect boys and men, but also better protect girls and women. unvaccinated”, specifies the Regional Health Agency.
The future campaign aimed at college students and the opening of vaccination to boys aim to break the chain of transmission to enable the elimination of cervical cancer.
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