Laura Brennan's lasting legacy: the HPV catch-up vaccine programme

Ahead of World HPV day, we talk to Laura Brennan's brother and experts about the free vaccine catch-up programme named in her honour 

The late Laura Brennan: a tireless campaigner for HPV vaccination. Pic: Marc O’Sullivan

LAURA Brennan’s name will always be synonymous with the HPV vaccine, which she tirelessly campaigned for before dying from cervical cancer in 2019 at the age of 26.

Despite being desperately ill, the Clare woman urged young people to get vaccinated in her final months, saying her disease was “the reality of an unvaccinated girl”.