The DOH wants to shift to a single dose from its usual two-dose vaccine in its inoculation campaign against the cancer-causing human papillomavirus to make implementation more efficient and raise uptake rates. | kdevillaINQ /PDI
Another challenge, she added, was the absence of a certificate for product registration for single-dose HPV vaccines in the country.
According to WHO, the new recommendation “[was] underpinned by concerns over the slow introduction of the HPV vaccine into immunization programs and overall low population coverage, especially in poorer countries.” The target population for HPV vaccination is girls between the ages of nine and 14. HPV vaccines, Llevado said, should be taken before their “sexual debut” or before they become sexually active.
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