Proposal to Include HPV Vaccine in National Vaccination Card for 5th Grade Students – Deputy Mauricio Prieto Gómez (PRD)

Deputy Mauricio Prieto Gómez (PRD) proposed including the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in the National Vaccination Card for girls and boys in fifth grade of primary school or 11 years of age who are not in school. He presented an initiative that proposes including, in the General Health Law, as an obligation of the State to guarantee timely and free supply and distribution, as well as the availability of the necessary supplies for vaccination. Project The project that was submitted to the Health Commission also establishes that the Ministry of Health must update, within a period of 180 days, the National Vaccination Card to include the HPV vaccine. HPV is a sexually transmitted disease, responsible for other cancers and genital warts in men and women. It is estimated that 90% of people will be infected during their lifetime. For every million women with high-risk HPV infection, 100 thousand will develop cervical cytological abnormalities, eight thousand CIN III (ca

2023-09-24 12:00:22
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