Timid start of the papillomavirus vaccination campaign

The fight against the tiger mosquito in France

This was one of the government’s promises: to offer a vaccine to middle schools from the start of the 2023 school year to better fight human papillomavirus infections, HPV. According to the Ministry of Health, around 80% of the population is in contact with these viruses at some point in their lives. The national vaccination campaign began on October 2. She starts shyly.

Expanding vaccination against papillomaviruses would make it possible to “curb transmission” and thus “better protect” the entire population from the cancers they cause, mainly in women but also in men.

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