The province of Jaén leads papillomavirus vaccination in Andalusia in women between the ages of 13 and 18, according to data from the Junta de Andalucía. Vaccine coverage is in 94.8% of young people in this age group.
In addition, so far this year there are 181 young men (6%) and 177 girls (6.3%) who have been vaccinated at the age of 12.
In Andalusia, 5,605 12-year-old boys have already received the first dose of papillomavirus (HPV) out of the 45,095 who have to be vaccinated throughout the year, 12.4% of the total. As for the girls, a total of 7,214 12-year-olds have already received the first dose of the 42,800 who have to be vaccinated throughout the year (16.9%). Total coverage of girls between the ages of 13 and 18 reaches 90.7%, since 250,799 girls out of the total 276,538 who can be vaccinated have been vaccinated in recent years.
The Ministry of Health and Consumption wants to take advantage of the celebration of World HPV Awareness Day to remember the importance of the vaccine against this disease. And it is estimated that each year there are more than 500,000 new cases of cervical cancer in the world and around 280,000 deaths. Figures that in Spain and Andalusia are much lower thanks to existing prevention programs: papilloma vaccination and cervical cancer screening. In the national group there are 7.6 cases of this type of cancer per 100,000 women and 7.9 per 100,000 women in Andalusia.
By provinces, in Almería there are 1,253 12-year-olds (29.7%) who have already received the first dose of the 4,224 who can do so as they reach this age throughout the year. On the other hand, 1,314 girls of that age (32.2%) out of 4,087 also have a dose. Of the total number of women aged 13 to 18 who can be vaccinated in the province, 92.4% of the total have already done so.
In Cádiz, 498 boys (7.8%) and 806 girls (13.3%) aged 12 have a dose. The coverage of young women from 13 to 18 years old reaches 91.5%.
In Córdoba, 337 12-year-old boys have already received the first dose of papillomavirus, of the 3,881 who have to be vaccinated throughout the year (8.7%). As for the girls, there are 370 12-year-olds, of the 3,631 who have to be vaccinated throughout the year (10.2%), who already have a first dose. Between the ages of 13 and 18, 21,986 girls out of the 23,506 who can be vaccinated (93.5%) have already been vaccinated in recent years.
In Granada, the number of boys with a dose of the HPV vaccine at the age of 12 reaches 40.3% of the total. Thus, 1,898 young people of this age have received the preparation. As for girls, there are 2,943 vaccinated so far this year with 12 and 26,543 of the total vaccinated in the last years between 13 and 18, a coverage of 89.7% in the province.
In Huelva, 220 boys (7.9%) and 221 girls (8.4%) have been vaccinated at the age of 12 in these first months of 2023. Coverage for women aged 13 to 18 already reaches 89.7%.
In Jaén, there are 181 young men (6%) and 177 girls (6.3%) vaccinated to date with 12 years. From 13 to 18 years of age, 94.8% of young females exceed vaccination coverage.
In Malaga, the figure reaches 629 boys (6.9%) and 704 girls (8.1%) aged 12 immunized against HPV in 2023. The total coverage of the cohort of women aged 13 to 18 exceeds 88 ,2%.
Finally, in Seville, there are 589 boys (5.3%) and 679 girls (6.4%) vaccinated this year with 12. Total coverage for women exceeds 90% (90.2%).
Extension of the Andalusian vaccination calendar
The Junta de Andalucía incorporated the papilloma vaccine into the immunization schedule for men with the aim of preventing the diseases that this virus also causes in them. Thus, the more than 45,000 males residing in Andalusia who were born in 2011 can be vaccinated just like girls already do, which means savings for Andalusian families of 345 euros for each vaccinated child.
It is also worth remembering the free administration of this vaccine to people in risk groups such as: women and men with HIV infection up to 26 years of age; women who have suffered a conization of the cervix for a precancerous lesion of any age; women with bone marrow or solid organ transplants up to 26 years of age; and men up to the age of 26 who have sexual intercourse with each other.
This new addition to the immunization calendar was added to those already included in recent years and it has specified that since 2020 the ACWY meningitis vaccine has been incorporated at twelve months and in adolescents from 12 to 21 years old, that of the meningitis B in infants and influenza in children from 6 months to 4 years and 11 months for this 2022-23 campaign.
Extended information on this vaccination can be consulted in the web de Andavac.
