Ethe district Córdoba-Guadalquivir, within the measures of prevention of cancer cervix (neck of uterus)whose awareness day is this Sunday, is going to carry out in its health centers thisOn Monday, March 27, a special vaccination campaign without an appointment against the papilloma virus (HPV). The person in charge of vaccination of the Córdoba-Guadalquivir district, José Lázaro, points out that the initiative is aimed at children born in 2011, that in 2023 they will be 12 years old.
Families of children under this age, more than 3,700 who have not yet been vaccinated, have been sent a letter from their referring nurse to indicate that men born in 2011 can go to be vaccinated without an appointment against papilloma virus in the health centers Airport, Castilla del Pino, Córdoba Center, Fuensanta, Guadalquivir, Huerta de la Reina, Levante Norte, Levante Sur, Lucano, Occidente Azahara, Santa Rosa and Sector Sur, from 3:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Lázaro specifies that in the Guadalquivir district Vaccination will take place this Monday from 4:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the health centers of Bujalance, Fuente Palmera, and Palma del Rio, and from 3:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., in La Carlota, Montoro, and Posadas.
Vaccination also against meningococcus C
The person in charge of vaccination explains that, taking advantage of the fact that vaccination against meningococcus C is also indicated at 12 years of age, families who want can also take their children to receive this immunization that helps them protect themselves against meningitis.” He also recalls that “One of the most important vaccine novelties in Andalusia this year 2023 has been the incorporation of boys to vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV) since January in Andalusia, a vaccine that was previously only administered to girls.” In other words, during 2023, all boys born in 2011 will be able to be vaccinated. It is not necessary to be 12 years old to be able to get vaccinated, the key to vaccination is to have been born in 2011.
Vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV) is recommended for all girls and boys at age 12so that they are vaccinated before the first sexual intercourse, for vaccination to be most effective.
Gardasil y Nimenrix
In Andalusia, in the Andalusian Health Service, since April 2021 it is using the Gardasil 9 vaccine, which provides protection against the 9 most frequent types of papillomavirus in Spain, covering 90% of those that circulate. When the Gardasil 9 vaccine is administered between the ages of 12 and 14, the regimen is 2 doses, separated by at least 12 months. If vaccination starts after the age of 15, the regimen is 3 doses.
Another important novelty is the incorporation into the vaccination against meningococcus ACWY (Nimenrix) the 12-year-old cohort (born in 2011). In Andalusia, one dose is administered to 12-year-old adolescents who have not received a dose of the vaccine after 10 years of age. During 2023, they can receive it if they were born in 2011, even if they have not yet turned 12.
Since January 1, 2020, a “rescue campaign” in Andalusia, which has been decided to be extended until December 2023, for the vaccination against meningococcus of all people from 13 to 21 years of age. All those born between 2002 and 2011 will be vaccinated with one dose, if they have not received this vaccine after reaching 10 years of age. The purpose of this campaign is twofold: to protect this population in an age group that is particularly vulnerable to this infection and to reduce the number of pharyngeal carriers and to optimize community protection as much as possible.
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