HPV Vaccination Campaign in SSH to Prevent Cervical, Anal, and Vaginal Cancer

The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a sexually transmitted infection associated with internal neck cancer, anal or vaginal cancer, reported Jorge Monroy, Universal Vaccination Coordinator of the Undersecretariat of Public Health of the SSH, who announced that there is availability of vaccine in Health Units to be protected against this infection.

He said that the progress of vaccination coverage in the state is 75.8 percent, so there is a lag in application of about 25 percent, which is why he invited mothers and fathers to take their daughters to vaccinate, since the campaign will be valid until January 31.

“We have more than 19,000 vaccines available in the state in all institutions. And before returning to school, we intend to do an intentional search in schools to apply the biological one,” he explained.

He explained that the intention is to prevent this disease and the complications that it represents, “although it is known as a sexually transmitted infection and there are more than 200 types of HPV, not all of them cause serious illness and even death or death.” association with cervical, anal or vaginal cancer.

According to data from the World Health Organization, it was revealed that this contagion occurs at the beginning of active sexual life, that is, approximately from the age of 15, “that is why with the application of the vaccine we treat to anticipate this infection.

He highlighted that about 90 percent of people who become infected go into remission without any treatment of this disease, that is, they do not need drugs but rather consultation, follow-up, and care to limit infections.

In accordance with the general guidelines for universal vaccination 2024, which are aligned with the strategy for the elimination of cervical cancer, the vaccine is recommended for girls who are in the fifth grade of primary school in public and private schools and for minors who are not enrolled in school. and that they are 11 years old.

In addition, he said that the updates include that the biological can be applied to transgender men and women from 11 to 49 years of age who live with HIV, to whom three doses of 0.5 ml are applied to the non-working arm, in addition It is considered the group of minors between 9 and 19 years old who are within the sexual violation protocol acting within the first 72 hours of notification of this event.

“This is in order to prevent this sexual transmission and reduce in the case of the discouraging panorama of women that is mostly associated with this HPV and more so in the peak of 16 and 18 that is capable of causing alterations in the tissues. This cancer cervix is ​​one of the main causes of death in women,” he emphasized.

Finally, he highlighted that the vaccine is quadrivalent, that is, it contains the four HPV viruses, which has the capacity to combat and prevent these alterations by more than 90 percent, that is, with this preventive capacity the probability is being anticipated. these alterations arise.

The HPV vaccine focuses on the types of HPV that most commonly cause cervical cancer and can cause some of the cancers of the vulva, vagina, anus, and oropharynx.

2024-01-21 11:03:19
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