Uptake rate for HPV vaccine increases to 70%

The HSE has said the uptake rate for the HPV vaccine has increased by 20 percentage points in the past two years, following intensive campaigning against, what the Health Minister has described as, “dangerous anti-vaccination myths”.

Uptake rate for HPV vaccine increases to 70%

The HSE has said the uptake rate for the HPV vaccine has increased by 20 percentage points in the past two years, following intensive campaigning against, what the Health Minister has described as, “dangerous anti-vaccination myths”.

Seven in ten girls are now receiving the vaccine, according to the HSE. The figure had dropped to 50% in the 2016/17 school term.

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