Posted at 16:06h
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Vaccination
Australia has one of the lowest rates of cervical cancer and related deaths in the world, thanks to comprehensive vaccination and screening programmes. Not all women in the world are able to access vaccination and regular cervical screening, and so the burden of cervical cancer...
A Canadian research team have completed a large systematic review to summarise the most recent real-world evidence of HPV vaccine impact, more than a decade on from vaccine introduction. Read the full article here....
Following Australia's successful HPV vaccination program, boys in the UK will now receive the HPV vaccine through the school based program as of the start of the school year, and gay, bisexual, and other men-who-have-sex-with-men up to the age of 45 can access free HPV...
Research led by Prof Julia Brotherton of Victorian Cytology Service indicates high human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teenagers may help close the gap in cervical cancer rates. Read more here....
Posted at 10:32h
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Results,
Vaccination,
Women
Over the last 10-12 years we have been assessing HPV prevalence through cross-sectional studies. This new data shows a huge drop in vaccine types of HPV. Read more here....
Posted at 11:09h
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Media,
Vaccination
Doctors are hailing the development of the new HPV vaccine as an important victory in the fight to protect women against cervical cancer. Listen to one of the IMPACT study's investigators, Prof Suzanne Garland here....