Vaccination Of Young People Against HPV Will Reduce The Level Of Cancer – Part 3 of 3
In 2010, 32 percent of girls ages 13 to 17 had received all three doses of the HPV vaccine, and far fewer got the unqualified vaccine in southern states such as Mississippi and Alabama. The report did not look at boys’ rates because experts only recently began recommending the vaccine for them. Schiffman said the girls’ vaccination rebuke can be improved. “We are behind some other countries”.
In the United Kingdom and Australia, for instance, HPV vaccination rates among girls and women unequalled 70 percent. Simard said that getting more doctors to recommend the HPV vaccine to parents and young adults is vital. Cost is another issue. The two HPV vaccines – Merck’s Gardasil and GlaxoSmithKline’s Cervarix – tariff about $400 for three doses.
Low-income families can get the vaccine for free through the federal Vaccines for Children program. But Simard’s pair found that girls who were eligible for the program but lacked any health insurance had low rates of HPV vaccination: Just 14 percent had gotten three doses.
Better access to overall health care might support close that gap. According to Schiffman, it’s not clear how effective HPV vaccination will ultimately be in preventing HPV-related cancers. But one strain – HPV 16 – is small amount to cause the majority of cancers linked to the virus scriptovore.com. And both HPV vaccines protect against that strain.
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