Posts Tagged ‘vaccination’
Oral Health Foundation calls for Gender Neutral HPV Vaccination
In the wake of a rapid increase of mouth cancer cases, the Oral Health Foundation has renewed its calls for the introduction of HPV vaccination for men as well as women, a leading cause of mouth cancer along with other conditions, in the United Kingdom. Within the last 30 years the rate of people being […]
Health bodies criticise decision not to expand HPV vaccination programme
Health bodies and campaign groups have criticised a decision not to expand the HPV vaccination programme to include teenage boys. Representatives from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) recently suggested that extending the programme was “highly unlikely to be cost-effective”, angering health bodies and campaigners who called for the vaccine to be made […]
HPV Action invites dentists to share their views on HPV vaccination
HPV Action is inviting dentists to participate in a survey to share their views on HPV vaccination, after the possibility of extending the routine vaccination programme was discussed by the government. Currently, the vaccination is provided routinely for girls aged 12 and 13; however, there are plans to extend the programme to include teenage boys […]
HPV Action Launches New Vaccination Campaign For Boys
HPV Action, a newly formed group, has drawn up a petition to try and encourage the Government to expand the current HPV vaccination programme to include boys. The move is designed to reduce oral cancer rates, which have been increasingly steadily for the last ten years. Experts believe that around 20 per cent of cases […]
