The Ministry of Public Health announced that for the first time the Children between 9 and 14 years They will be included in the National Vaccination Day against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV)together with the girls of the same age, in an effort to expand prevention coverage from the country’s public schools.
The campaign is to immunize more than 250,000 schoolchildren throughout the national territoryalso reviewing vaccination cards to complete diphtheria and tetanus schemes.
Since 2017, La HPV vaccine It applied only to girls, but this time it also incorporated into boys.
They ask for the support of parents
The Minister of Health, Víctor Atallah, called on fathers and mothers to support the process, highlighting that the initiative seeks to protect children and adolescence against preventable diseases.
“Today we are not only applying vaccines; we are sowing hope, justice and future. With each applied dose, We protect liveswe strengthen communities and take another step towards a country free of preventable diseases“Atallah said.
The HPV vaccine protects against types 16 and 18 of the virus, main Causing cervical cancera disease that causes the death of some 40 thousand women in the world every year.
The announcement was made during an act held at the Madame Germaine Rocourt school, with the participation of the First Lady, Raquel Arbage; The Minister of Health, Víctor Atallah; Educational authorities, students, teachers and representatives of PAHO/WHO.
