WELLS Young people in Putten who are or will be 14 this year will receive an invitation from the GGD for a vaccination against ACWY meningococcus. The municipality of Putten reports this.
The letters ACWY stand for different types of meningococcus. This bacteria can according to the RIVM cause septicemia and meningitis.
Uterus and neck cancer In addition, girls in Putten who are 13 this year will receive or will be invited for an HPV vaccination. “HPV is short for human papillomavirus,” the website states rijksvaccinatieprogramma.nl. “There are many different HPV viruses, but types 16 and 18 are the most common dangerous viruses. Women can eventually develop cervical cancer from these viruses. The HPV vaccination protects girls from these two dangerous types of viruses. With the vaccination you have no guarantee that you will never get cervical cancer, but you are much better protected. ”
Girls from different years of birth who have not yet had an HPV vaccination will receive a repeat call to get it.
MUMPS AND MEASLES The municipality also reports that children who turn 9 this year in the fall receive an invitation for the DTP / MMR vaccinations. The abbreviation DTP stands for diphtheria, tetanus and polio and BMR for measles, mumps and rubella.
VACCINATIONS IN STROUD GGD North and East Gelderland takes care of all vaccinations. The vaccinations against meningococcus and HPV will be given on Wednesday, March 31 and Thursday, April 1 in the Stroud meeting center at 91 Brinkstraat.
“All invitations are by appointment,” emphasizes the municipality. “The invitation letter states the time when you are expected. In connection with the corona measures, the GGD asks North and East Gelderland not to deviate from this. The invitation states what you can do if the time is really not convenient, for example due to illness. ”
NO CHANCE “A vaccination protects against serious and contagious infectious diseases,” said the municipality. “With a vaccination you not only protect yourself, but also others. In this way, together we ensure that infectious diseases do not stand a chance in the Netherlands. ”
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