WHO Advisers Urge HPV Vaccination for Girls From Age 4
WHO experts said expanding routine HPV shots to girls as young as 4 could help raise global coverage, which stands at 33%, officials said.
- On Tuesday, World Health Organization experts recommended that countries consider routine HPV vaccination for girls aged four to eight to improve uptake. The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunisation guidance aims to boost global coverage.
- Global HPV vaccine coverage sits at 33%, far below the 90% target, according to Anthony Scott, chair of SAGE. Some 165 countries have introduced the vaccine, yet coverage remains inadequate across many regions.
- SAGE determined a single-dose schedule for girls aged nine to 14 is the most efficient route to targets. This reflects broader efforts to simplify immunization protocols and maximize available vaccine supplies.
- In Ireland, the Health Service Executive recommends Gardasil 9 for boys and girls in their first year of secondary school, typically aged 12 to 13. Officials may also suggest vaccination for those with weakened immune systems.
- Cervical cancer remains the fifth most commonly diagnosed cancer globally, with 604,000 new cases and around 280,000 deaths in 2024. Expanding eligibility to younger age groups aims to protect populations before potential HPV exposure occurs.
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WHO Recommends Routine HPV Jabs for Girls As Young as 4 | 🌎 LatestLY
WHO vaccine advisory panel SAGE recommended Tuesday that countries consider routine HPV vaccination for girls as young as four if it improves lagging uptake, as global coverage sits at 33 percent against a 90 percent target. Experts affirmed a single-dose regimen for girls aged 9 to 14 while endorsing expanded catch-up doses to combat cervical cancer globally. 🌎 WHO Recommends Routine HPV Jabs for Girls As Young as 4.
Global coverage follows 33%, far from the 90% target
Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) suggested, on Tuesday (13), considering vaccination against the human papilloma virus for girls aged four to eight years in order to improve immunization coverage. stroke: understand the disease that made youtuber Pirulla lose part of the movements Pope Leo XIV: what is pulmonary adenocarcinoma, the disease of the pontiff Approximately 165 countries introduced the vaccine against the human papillo…
Some 165 countries have introduced the vaccine against the human papillomavirus (HPV), journalists Anthony Scott, president of the WHO's Expert Group on Strategic Advice (SAGE). However, "the global coverage of the HPV vaccine, which is 33 per cent, is still far from the global target of 90 per cent," he explained during the presentation of the results of the recent six-month meeting of SAGE. HPV, a common sexually transmitted infection, is the …
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