Teresa Jackowska: HPV vaccination program is not working as we would like it to

How do you assess the functioning of the vaccination program for 12- and 13-year-olds against HPV?

The HPV vaccination program for both girls and boys was implemented on June 1 and applies to children who are either 12- or 13-year-olds. Thus, it covered two year groups. However, it is absolutely necessary to emphasize that this is a program that is an optional vaccination program, that is, a recommended vaccination, voluntary, but free of charge. Two vaccines were purchased for this program, both a bivalent vaccine and a state-of-the-art 9-valent vaccine, which gives a decidedly broader coverage. The latter is a vaccine recommended by one of the most competent societies: the Polish Society of Cervical Colposcopy and Pathophysiology. There are doctors out there who deal with the clinical picture of cervical cancer in women on a daily basis, a disease that we prevent throu...